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Monday April 26, 2021 5:00 am PDT by A ransomware group that last week from Apple supplier Quanta Computer and threatened to release the trove of documents has mysteriously removed all references related to the extortion attempt from its dark web blog, MacRumors can confirm.The ransomware group known as REvil claimed last Tuesday that it had accessed the internal computers of Taiwan-based Quanta and managed to obtain several images and schematics of unreleased Apple products.reported that the group initially demanded Quanta pay $50 million for recovery of the files. However, according to an April 20 statement posted on the hacker group's site, Quanta refused to pay the ransom, which led the criminals to go after Apple for the money instead.To prove it had hacked into Quanta's servers and in order to turn up the pressure on Apple, the hackers publicly posted a handful of images depicting unreleased product schematics, including details on Apple's unreleased next-generation MacBooks.The group threatened to publish new data every day leading up to May 1, unless Apple paid the $50 million ransom demand in exchange for deleting the files.The extortion attempt was timed to coincide with Apple's April 20 "Spring Loaded" digital event, where Apple AirTag item trackers, new models, and new iMacs. Despite the threat, however, no additional stolen documents have been leaked online since the original demand was made public.Historically, REvil isn't known for bluffing and routinely posts stolen documents if its victims don't pay up, so it's unclear why the group has failed to follow through on this occasion, and Apple has so far not commented on the breach. The group actively continues to extort other companies, so what has prompted it to remove all content linked to the Quanta hack remains unknown. We'll update this article if we learn more.[ ]John Wick did his job. Hope it was a great action scene.Score: 66 Votes ( | )I just think it would be funny if Apple responded with a message that just contained the names and addresses of people involved and they went “oh ****” and took everything downScore: 42 Votes ( | )John Wick did his job. Hope it was a great action scene.I think it was Tim Cook in his mission impossible guise from the recent event. It was a covert threat and now it's mission accomplished.Score: 33 Votes ( | )Look for a $50MM expense on apples next filing. ;)Score: 27 Votes ( | )Maybe they got caught, but I doubt it. It would be stupid of Apple to pay the ransom - other groups would take notice and make Apple their prime target.Don’t try to blackmail the richest company in the world.It won’t end well for you.Score: 25 Votes ( | )Apple has an internal person that deals with these kinds of people... Clean up on aisle 5.Score: 24 Votes ( | )Monday February 14, 2022 1:20 am PST by Apple has filed three new unreleased Mac computers in the Eurasian Economic Database ahead of when the company is expected to hold a rumored Spring event on or around March 8, as first spotted by Consomac. 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Monday April 26, 2021 5:00 am PDT by A ransomware group that last week from Apple supplier Quanta Computer and threatened to release the trove of documents has mysteriously removed all references related to the extortion attempt from its dark web blog, MacRumors can confirm.The ransomware group known as REvil claimed last Tuesday that it had accessed the internal computers of Taiwan-based Quanta and managed to obtain several images and schematics of unreleased Apple products.reported that the group initially demanded Quanta pay $50 million for recovery of the files. However, according to an...

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