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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Mary-Ann Russon

Who are the Clop Gang? Russian hackers behind the BBC, BA, Boots cyber attack are on a rampage

The Russian cybercriminal gang Clop has posted a threat on its website on the Dark Web telling victims affected by the recent cyber attack to email them by June 14 to negotiate or face having their private data leaked onto the internet.

This comes following The Standard reporting on Tuesday evening that Clop is not using ransomware for this attack, and instead has a business model of demanding money or leaking information.

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