Red Hat breach escalates as criminals collaborate on ‘multi-terabyte’ extortion plot

Bad guys promise not to attack customers if they get paid

Red Hat’s breach nightmare just got worse, as the Crimson Collective crew that claims to have ransacked its GitLab repos has joined forces with the ShinyHunters-linked “Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters” gang to turn the screw with a full-blown extortion campaign.…