"Last month, an extortion gang calling itself the Radiant Group stole data from Kido International, a school for young children with branches in the UK, US, and India. They then posted unblurred pictures of 10 children, along with their addresses, parents' names, and other personal data, and threatened to expose more if a ransom wasn't paid."
"Parents of some children claimed to have received threatening calls after Radiant published the data. London's Metropolitan Police investigators are following up on the case. But now, Radiant says it removed the child data it had posted after receiving pressure from other ransomware groups. It seems they crossed a line in the criminal world and backed down when called out for it."
"Rebecca Taylor, a threat intelligence knowledge manager at security biz Sophos, tells The Register that the crew was called out by the well-established ransomware-as-a-service Nova gang on the Russian Anonymous Market Place (RAMP), an online souk for cybercriminals. One of Nova's affiliate members, going under the handle BlackBeard, told Radiant, "reputation important, don't attack child right." "We have disabled any attacks relating to them, is not allowed anymore," Radiant answered, and added, "Any data relating to under 18s who attended have been deleted.""
Radiant Group stole data from Kido International, a school network with branches in the UK, US, and India, and published unblurred photos and personal information for children, families, teachers, and staff. Parents reported receiving threatening calls after the publication, and London's Metropolitan Police opened inquiries. Other ransomware actors, including affiliates of the Nova gang on the Russian Anonymous Market Place, publicly reprimanded Radiant for targeting minors. Radiant then stated it had disabled attacks and deleted data relating to under-18s. Kido said it is following authorities' advice against paying ransoms and is investigating and seeking confirmation of deletion.
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