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Enginerrrd on Oct 22, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hackers extorted $1.14M from UCSF

I wouldn't call that white hat. ...like at all.

Greyhat is even a bit of a stretch. It's like Dr. Doom. He has good motives but he's still the bad guy.

WrtCdEvrydy on Oct 23, 2020 [–]

I think a ransomware that says "Your data is fucked, restore from backups, we'll try again soon" would probably be more of a evilhat, not blackhat :D

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