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PC Gamer
Rich Stanton

UK police arrest two teenagers suspected of the nursery hack and ransom that saw images and the information of 20 toddlers posted to the dark web

A toddler's hands play with some wooden blocks.

In late September, news broke about one of the most amoral cyberattacks you'll ever hear of. A group calling itself Radiant hacked a software provider called Famly and used this to access data from a UK-based nursery chain, Kido, then began posting information and pictures of literal toddlers on a dark web site. It demanded a ransom lest it post more information and pictures of other children.

The BBC now reports that two 17-year-old boys have been arrested in Hertfordshire by police investigating the hack. The police say both were arrested at home on suspicion of computer misuse and blackmail.

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