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Perhaps other laptop manufacturers would be intersted in knowing how Apple's future machines are built, to give them a competitive edge. I could imagine accesso
by fredsted 5y ago
Perhaps other laptop manufacturers would be intersted in knowing how Apple's future machines are built, to give them a competitive edge. I could imagine accessory and case manufacturers would be keen to know about the form factor of future MacBooks. There's also a large ecosystem of Apple news sites that would probably pay for the scoop.
- segfaultbuserr 5y ago> I could imagine accessory and case manufacturers would be keen to know [...] There's also a large ecosystem of Apple news sites that would probably pay [...] The article says, "the group is demanding that Apple pay an undisclosed ransom for the images/schematics they obtained via the supplier by May 1 [...] Until then, the hackers will continue to post new files every day, REvil said on its blog." The target is only Apple itself, the random group does not accept third-party payment and will make all information public if it's not payed. So I don't think the group wants to sell the information to accessory manufacturers or Apple news sites.
- csharptwdec19 5y ago> So I don't think the group wants to sell the information to accessory manufacturers or Apple news sites. That wouldn't be a viable business model for the ransom group; Any accessory manufacturer or news site would likely get in a legal entanglement for buying trade secrets.
- fredsted 5y agoThanks for the correction!
- coldtea 5y ago>The target is only Apple itself, the random group does not accept third-party payment Because they're so ethical? If a third party wanted to pay them $50M or even remotely close to that, they'd accept in 0 seconds.