ransomware (opens in new tab) operator claims to have compromised Ring, the Amazon-owned company that builds smart doorbells with cameras. Motherboard reported that “one person” notified Amazon’s employees of the incident via a Slack message and instructed them “do not discuss anything about this”, adding that the “right security teams” were engaged. If Ring isn’t the one that was compromised, who is the third party? What kind of data does ALPHV hold? How did the group compromise the target network, and was any malware or social engineering involved? What are the ransom demands, and how much money does ALPHV expect to get in exchange for the data and the decryption key?