LONDON: Joe Tidy, Cyber correspondent of BBC, was contacted recently by a gang of criminals that opted to be called the Syndicate or Syn in this case.
The Syn pinged Joe Tidy in the month of July on the encrypted chat app Signal. The gang wanted to access BBC systems by means of Joe Tidy’s laptop. He was promised 25% cut of the ransom money.
Hackers wanted to obtain data or install malicious software in order to extract a huge ransom money from BBC, the employers of Joe Tidy. When a senior BBC editor encouraged him, Joe Tidey played along with the Syn.
Syn told Joe Tidy that they would demand the amount in bitcoins: “We aren’t sure how much the BBC pays you but what if you took 25% of the final negotiation as we extract 1% of the BBC’s total revenue? You wouldn’t need to work ever again.”
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M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career forty-five years ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.
