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Did hackers steal 33TB of data from the Federal Reserve? (www.csoonline.com)
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The central banking system is allegedly negotiating with the ransomware gang LockBit to restore 33 terabytes of confidential banking data.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

the hack contains “33 terabytes of juicy banking information containing Americans’ banking secrets.”

Smells like BS. The Federal Reserve doesn't maintain bank records for individual Americans.