An old school ransomware attack has a new twist: threatening to feed data to AI companies so it\u2019ll be added to LLM datasets.<\/p>\n
Artists&Clients is a website that connects independent artists with interested clients. Around August 30, a message appeared on Artists&Clients attributed to the ransomware group LunaLock. \u201cWe have breached the website Artists&Clients to steal and encrypt all its data,\u201d the message on the site said, according to screenshots<\/a> taken before the site went down on Tuesday. \u201cIf you are a user of this website, you are urged to contact the owners and insist that they pay our ransom. If this ransom is not paid, we will release all data publicly on this Tor site, including source code and personal data of users. Additionally, we will submit all artwork to AI companies to be added to training datasets.\u201d<\/p>\n This post is for paid members only<\/p>\n Become a paid member for unlimited ad-free access to articles, bonus podcast content, and more.<\/p>\n