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Title: Hackers Threaten To Submit Artists' Data To AI Models If Art Site
Doesn't Pay Up

Link: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/09/02/193624...

An old school ransomware attack has a new twist: threatening to feed data to
AI companies so it'll be added to LLM datasets. 404 Media reports:
Artists&Clients is a website that connects independent artists with
interested clients. Around August 30, a message appeared on
Artists&Clients attributed to the ransomware group LunaLock. "We have
breached the website Artists&Clients to steal and encrypt all its data,"
the message on the site said, according to screenshots taken before the site
went down on Tuesday. "If you are a user of this website, you are urged to
contact the owners and insist that they pay our ransom. If this ransom is not
paid, we will release all data publicly on this Tor site, including source
code and personal data of users. Additionally, we will submit all artwork to
AI companies to be added to training datasets." LunaLock promised to delete
the stolen data and allow users to decrypt their files if the site's owner
paid a $50,000 ransom. "Payment is accepted in either Bitcoin or Monero," the
notice put on the site by the hackers said. The ransom note included a
countdown timer that gave the site's owners several days to cough up the
cash. "If you do not pay, all files will be leaked, including personal user
data. This may cause you to be subject to fines and penalties under the GDPR
and other laws."

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