# DC police department is being blackmailed!

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**Created:** [April 27, 2021, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-police-department-is-being-blackmailed/940838 "2021-04-27T05:45:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-police-department-is-being-blackmailed/940838/1 "2021-04-27T05:45:52Z")

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This could get very, very ugly:

> **[DC police department hit by apparent extortion attack](https://apnews.com/article/politics-district-of-columbia-police-russia-business-11a63398f9ce328d5c127b9a5e5f88c5)**
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> The Washington, D.C., police department says its computer network has been breached. The department says a Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate claims to have stolen sensitive data, including on informants, and is threatening to share it with local...

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> The Washington, D.C., police department said Monday that its computer network was breached, and a Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate claimed to have stolen sensitive data, including on informants, that it threatened to share with local criminal gangs unless police paid an unspecified ransom.
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> The cybercriminals posted screenshots on their dark web site supporting their claim to have stolen more than 250 gigabytes of data.
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> The District of Columbia’s Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement that it had asked the FBI to investigate the “unauthorized access.”