Technology⚠ unverified · 20%
Started my next blog which I guess you could say is about the grand-uncles of #ransomware, two Chicago high school students who blackmailed a university by shutting down one of its main computers in 1
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Unverified, machine-classified. This event was auto-detected from a single BLUESKY news source. The title is a machine-generated label — not the article’s headline — and may not reflect the source. Open the source to confirm; treat as a developing signal until verified.
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- cyber · ransomware
Started my next blog which I guess you could say is about the grand-uncles of #ransomware, two Chicago high school students who blackmailed a university by shutting down one of its main computers in 1980.
Involved actors & entities
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Sources
- Bluesky ↗ · first seen 2026-06-17 14:02 UTC
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