Hackers who stole customer data from the Dutch grocery-delivery service Flink last week demanded 10 to 15 euros in cryptocurrency from each victim. The hackers threatened to otherwise post the private information on the dark web. Despite the hackers hoping to raise 200,000 euros, no one paid, NOS reports, raising the question of to what extent are people still worried about their data in the age of constant surveillance. Experts report that many are desensitized and already live with a perception that all of their online data is being collected in one way or another.
“People see data breaches come up constantly, but they rarely suffer any direct harm themselves,” consumer psychologist Patrick Wessels told NOS. “So we don’t feel any real urgency to do something about it.”
However, the fading sense of urgency does not mean that the risk is gone. “There are people dealing with domestic violence, for example,” Rejo Zenger, a spokesperson for Bits of Freedom, told NOS. “For them, an email address or phone number turning up online can have serious consequences.'”
Customers had reportedly received an email from an organization that calls itself LPG Group. In the email, they were told to pay 0.005 ether, which is about 12 euros.
This year alone, dozens of large organizations have been breached and hundreds of thousands of customer records stolen. Notably, an Odido hack in February caused at least 6.2 million people to have their personal information stolen. An organization called ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the attack.
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