Hackers Threaten to Submit Artists Data to AI Models If Art Site Doesnt Pay Up

pAn old school ransomware attack has a new twist threatening to feed data to AI companies so itll be added to LLM datasetsppArtistsClients is a website that connects independent artists with interested clients Around August 30 a message appeared on ArtistsClients attributed to the ransomware group LunaLock We have breached the website ArtistsClients to steal and encrypt all its data the message on the site said according to screenshots taken before the site went down on Tuesday If you are a user of this website you are urged to contact the owners and insist that they pay our ransom If this ransom is not paid we will release all data publicly on this Tor site including source code and personal data of users Additionally we will submit all artwork to AI companies to be added to training datasetsppp