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Ransomware gang sought BBC reporter’s help in hacking media giant

Threat actors claiming to represent the Medusa ransomware gang tempted a BBC correspondent to become an insider threat by offering a significant amount of money. Cybersecurity correspondent Joe Tidy revealed in a story on the BBC that the hackers wanted to use his laptop to breach the British public-service broadcaster's network and then ask for a ransom. Once they got access to the BBC's internal systems, the threat actor planned to steal valuable data and hold the organization to ransom. At