#Blackmail- Hacker accesses a Verizon employee database and tries to ransom the data for 250,000 US Dollars

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Verizon is dealing with  a hacker hijacking a database of company employee details such as employee names, ID numbers, email addresses, and phone numbers. The 

 motherboard reported that the database was legitimate because an anonymous hacker contacted them last week and was able to verify the data by calling several numbers. 

 "These employees are stupid," the hacker told Motherboard in a chat. The hacker is demanding $ 250,000 in exchange for not leaking the database, and he said he is in contact with Verizon. 

 A Verizon spokesman contacted  the motherboard and confirmed the incident. We do not believe that scammers have sensitive information and  do not intend to engage further with individuals. As always, we take the security of Verizon data very seriously and take strict measures  to protect  people and systems. 

 Hackers claim to have hijacked the database through social engineering to interact remotely with Verizon employees' computers. An email hacker account sent to Vice states that he pretended to be internal support, granting Verizon employees remote access, and invoking a script to copy data from a computer. 

 The stolen information can still be harmful. If you had to get phone support from your mobile provider, you might have had to deal with  different departments dealing with SIM card activation. If a  hacker disguises himself as an employee and disguises his number as one from a database, he may continue to use social engineering for SIM swap scams. This technique is widely used by attackers to compromise accounts through carriers such as TMobile and AT & T, steal cryptocurrencies, and access  social media accounts, including accounts owned by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Has been done.

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