Artists&Clients, a website for connecting artists with gigs, is down after a group called LunaLock threatened to feed their data to AI datasets.
Archived version: https://archive.is/20250902200925/https://www.404media.co/hackers-threaten-to-submit-artists-data-to-ai-models-if-art-site-doesnt-pay-up/
Morals they don’t care about, but reputation is what their whole business is built around. It’s very rare that hacker groups release the content if their demands are met. At the same time, you might become a juicy target for other groups if you pay and are stupid enough to not secure your systems and educate your staff moving forward.