September 29, 2025 By Bill Toulas
Threat actors claiming to represent the Medusa ransomware gang tempted a BBC correspondent to become an insider threat by offering a significant amount of money.
Cybersecurity correspondent Joe Tidy revealed in a story on the BBC that the hackers wanted to use his laptop to breach the British public-service broadcaster's network and then ask for a ransom.
Once they got access to the BBC's internal systems, the threat actor planned to steal valuable data and hold the organization to ransom. At least 15% of the paid ransom would go to Tidy for providing initial access.
Tidy says he was contacted in July over Signal by a cybercriminal named "Syndicate" ("Syn"), who initially offered him 15% of the paid ransom if he provided Medusa access to BBC systems.
