Hackers delete children's pictures and data after nursery attack backlash
But public revulsion at their attack appears to have forced the criminals to backtrack.
The criminals also contacted parents directly with threatening phone calls whilst trying to get their ransom paid.
The criminals began posting profiles of the children to their website last Thursday, adding another 10 children days later and vowing to continue until Kido Schools paid a ransom in Bitcoin.
Hackers who attempted to extort a nursery chain by posting stolen images and data about children on the darknet have removed the posts and claim to have deleted the inf
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