Reddit’s $4.5 Million Ransom – DTH
Daily Tech News Show
Tom Merritt
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2023
⏱️ 4 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | These are the Daily Tech headlines from Monday, June 19, 2023. |
| 0:08.2 | I am Megan Moroney. |
| 0:10.2 | The ransomware organization, Alf V, says on its leak site that it stole 80 gigabytes |
| 0:14.8 | of data from Reddit during a data breach the company acknowledged on February 9. |
| 0:19.5 | Reddit says the attacker gained access to employee information and internal documents |
| 0:23.6 | with no evidence of access to personal user data. |
| 0:26.6 | Alf V says it will release the files if it doesn't receive a $4.5 million ransom |
| 0:32.3 | and if Reddit does not reverse its API pricing changes. |
| 0:36.7 | Apple Analyst Ming-Chi Quo reported that Apple plans to upgrade its ultra-wide ban chip |
| 0:41.0 | in the upcoming iPhone 15, moving to a more advanced manufacturing process |
| 0:45.4 | to reduce power consumption and improve performance. |
| 0:48.3 | This comes as part of its plan to aggressively upgrade hardware specifications |
| 0:52.3 | to build out the ecosystem for the Vision Pro headset. |
| 0:56.4 | Leaker Evan Blast tweeted out marketing materials |
| 0:59.5 | for what Samsung will announce at its unpacked event in late July. |
| 1:03.6 | This includes a Galaxy Z Flip 5 with a large cover display when folded, |
| 1:08.2 | a Tab S9 Ultra tablet with S Pen and the Galaxy Watch 6 with a classic model variant |
| 1:14.4 | with a rotating bezel. |
| 1:15.8 | The images were subsequently removed from Twitter in response to a report |
| 1:19.6 | from the copyright holder. |
| 1:22.2 | Meta plans to add support for parent managed Meta accounts on quest headsets |
| 1:26.7 | for children aged 10 to 12 years old. |
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