Hackers have issued an ultimatum to Google, threatening to leak its data unless the company fires two of its key cybersecurity employees. The hacking group specifically demanded that #Google fire two members of its Threat Intelligence Group (TIG), the internal team responsible for tracking and investigating #cybercriminal networks. While the hackers claim to have access to Google's databases, they have provided no evidence to support this claim. Source: Newsweek : https://lnkd.in/gK3iwgH2
A hacker ultimatum to fire security staff isn’t a flex — it’s an admission of weakness. When adversaries can’t win on skill, they pivot to intimidation. The irony? Targeting Google’s Threat Intelligence Group only underscores how effective that team must be. If anything, this stunt should galvanize support for defenders, not erode it. Cyber resilience isn’t just about systems — it’s about standing by the people who make those systems safe. Intimidation tactics are noise. The real signal is how organizations respond: with resolve, not retreat.
You know you're a badass when even the hackers know your name and are afraid of you.
Those two must be crazy good at cybersecurity!
Things you don’t do when hackers demand you fire two of your best cyber threat intel team: 1. Fire two of your best cyber threat intel team
As long as they cannot provide evidence of a successful hack, they are not hackers, but merely troublemakers.
Those two people must be doing something very right to spark this kind of approach.
Never negotiate with kids, cyber criminals, nor terrorists. In this order.
Maybe they wanna apply for their job positions... 😅
Feels like we're one generation of AI away from “organizational immune systems” that predict and neutralize not just hacks but full-blown culture warfare, imagine flipping crisis response from a drag on the P&L into a profit machine (talk about a new industry ripe for the taking). Maybe the next startup arms race isn’t about bigger firewalls, but smarter corporate antibodies.
I guess that means they made it as cyber professionals