Techspot Checkout.com Refuses Ransom Payment After ShinyHunters Data Breach
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Checkout.com, a global payment service provider, was targeted by the hacking group ShinyHunters, which accessed data from an old third-party cloud storage system. The company announced it would not pay the ransom demanded by the attackers, opting instead to donate the equivalent amount to cybercrime research initiatives. No sensitive financial information was compromised during the incident.
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