Babuk Locker ransomware group that hacked Washington's Metropolitan Police Department (MPD or DC Police) last month has published extensive profiles of over 20 officers as part of an extortion attempt.
The files published on the Babuk Locker’s dark web portal are related to current and former police officers and include such personal information as Social Security numbers, dates of birth, results of psychological assessments, copies of driver’s licenses, fingerprints, polygraph test results, as well as residential, financial and marriage history.
The documents have been leaked after negotiations between MPD and the ransomware operators had stalled.
According to screenshots of an alleged correspondence with the department posted by the Babuk Locker gang, the hackers demanded $4 million and received a counter-offer of $100,000.
“The negotiations reached a dead end, the amount we were offered does not suit us,” the group said, adding that they would release all data stolen from Metropolitan Police Department if it did not match the ransom demand.
Last month, MPD confirmed it was hit by a ransomware attack. The hackers behind the attack claimed to have stolen more than 250 gigabytes of data belonging to the department, including data on informants.