Reddit impacted by Alphv ransomware group
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Reddit impacted by Alphv ransomware group
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Re: Reddit impacted by Alphv ransomware group
#2If this is true that would be a big nail in the reddit coffin.
r/pics voted to continue with the strike by only allowing posts of pictures of John Oliver. I can see other subs starting such things as well and even if you change out the mods you will have your hands full of people making protest posts.
Somehow I have the feeling some future ML models will have a tendancy to render people that look odly like John Oliver
Re: Reddit impacted by Alphv ransomware group
#3If true, this is interesting. As a knowledge repository, having an archive of it would be fascinating.
The size seems small to me. Only 80 gigabytes? What happened to all the video and images that Reddit hosts? Not everything is imgur or other sites.
That said, 4.5 million is too much that they are asking. It's only data not IP or trade secrets as far as I know. I think they certainly could get 500k for the deletion. I would hope that they would donate some of that VC pocket change to worthy causes.
Re: Reddit impacted by Alphv ransomware group
#4Big if true. I would not be surprised if the whole api shenenigans will bring a lot more to the surface that will accelerate the death of reddit. Sad, but also unsurprising.
Re: Reddit impacted by Alphv ransomware group
#5If this is true that would be a big nail in the reddit coffin. r/pics voted to continue with the strike by only allowing posts of pictures of John Oliver. I can see other subs starting such things as well and even if you change out the mods you will have your hands full of people making protest posts. Somehow I have the feeling some future ML models will have a tendancy to render people that look odly like John Olive…
> r/pics voted to continue with the strike by only allowing posts of pictures of John Oliver. I can see other subs starting such things as well and even if you change out the mods you will have your hands full of people making protest posts.
Several other subs are also doing similar things.
• r/art is running a John Oliver poll.
• r/evilbuildings is running a John Oliver poll.
• r/gifs passed a similar rule.
• r/iPhone is voting on a similar rule for Tim Cook.
Re: Reddit impacted by Alphv ransomware group
#6If true, this is interesting. As a knowledge repository, having an archive of it would be fascinating. The size seems small to me. Only 80 gigabytes? What happened to all the video and images that Reddit hosts? Not everything is imgur or other sites. That said, 4.5 million is too much that they are asking. It's only data not IP or trade secrets as far as I know. I think they certainly could get 500k for the deletion.…
Given the mentions of confidential data, secrets about censorship, and GitHub artifacts, I would assume that public posts/comments aren't part of it? (if it is actually true)
Re: Reddit impacted by Alphv ransomware group
#7Big if true. I would not be surprised if the whole api shenenigans will bring a lot more to the surface that will accelerate the death of reddit. Sad, but also unsurprising.
Possibly very big indeed.
It seems from the tone that even Aplhv don't fully know what they have; then again, they are asking for a decent chunk of dough.
Re: Reddit impacted by Alphv ransomware group
#8Big if true. I would not be surprised if the whole api shenenigans will bring a lot more to the surface that will accelerate the death of reddit. Sad, but also unsurprising.
Possibly very big indeed. It seems from the tone that even Aplhv don't fully know what they have; then again, they are asking for a decent chunk of dough.
Hah. They probably know. This sounds like data that shows how reddit operates / source code, not the actual post/images available on the website.
Re: Reddit impacted by Alphv ransomware group
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Possibly very big indeed. It seems from the tone that even Aplhv don't fully know what they have; then again, they are asking for a decent chunk of dough.
Hah. They probably know. This sounds like data that shows how reddit operates / source code, not the actual post/images available on the website.
Oh sure, 80 GB isn't gonna go too far in the way of images and stuff.
However! I remember when the technology sub was caught censoring certain keywords. I remember when video of Hilary being carried out of the 9/11 ceremony was censored. I remember when people posting the maxwellhill theory were shadowbanned, etc.
The code that did things like that might be real interesting to analyze.
Re: Reddit impacted by Alphv ransomware group
#10If true, this is interesting. As a knowledge repository, having an archive of it would be fascinating. The size seems small to me. Only 80 gigabytes? What happened to all the video and images that Reddit hosts? Not everything is imgur or other sites. That said, 4.5 million is too much that they are asking. It's only data not IP or trade secrets as far as I know. I think they certainly could get 500k for the deletion.…
> What happened to all the video and images that Reddit hosts?
Even just the text of comments and submissions is >>80GB per month.
I wouldn't be surprised if the "leak" deliberately excluded this data in favor of more interesting nonpublic data, though.