Experts say attempting to extort children lost Radiant group credibility in hacking world, which made it take action
Experts say attempting to extort children lost Radiant group credibility in hacking world, which made it take action
Cybercriminals who stole pictures and the private information of thousands of nursery children have deleted the data.
A gang calling themselves Radiant have removed details of children at the UK-based Kido nursery chain from a website it had set up to extort victims.
A cybersecurity source confirmed to the Guardian that profiles of children had been removed from the site, which has been reformatted.
A screenshot of the site, seen by the Guardian, no longer displays children’s profiles from the hack. It now displays a Kido logo with “view more” underneath it, but a cybersecurity source said the link did not work – implying that the data has been removed.
A Kido spokesperson confirmed the attackers had removed information that they had previously published.
The spokesperson said: “Throughout this incident we have followed guidance from the authorities that discourages ransom payments as they only fuel and incentivise further criminal activity.
