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The images and data of thousands of kindergarten children in the UK, stolen by hackers / families are blackmailed with the publication on Darknet Text size text size small normal high text A band of cyber criminals who claim that he has stolen photos and personal data of thousands of children and their families from a Kindergarten chain in the UK threatens that he will publish more information on Darknet if he does not receive money.Hackers started posting children's images and profiles on Wednesday and say that several tens will be published soon, writes the BBC. Watch the latest G4Media video productions - the article continues below - Hackers claim that they stole the photos, names and addresses of about 8,000 children from the Kido Night Chain. The band of cyber criminals uses this extremely sensitive information to request a redemption to the company, which has 18 locations in London and surroundings, as well as other locations in the US and India. Criminals claim that they also have information about the parents and carers of the children, as well as protective notes. They claim that they have contacted some parents by telephone as part of their blackmail tactic. BBC contacted Kido to get a comment but received no answer. The company made no public statement about the cyber attack, but parents and kindergartens were informed. The Cyber ​​Security Company Check Point described the attacks on kindergartens as "an absolute minimum". One of his experts, Graeme Stewart, said: "To deliberately expose children and schools to danger is necessarily. Honestly, it is awful." Jonathon Ellison, from the National Cyber ​​Security Center, described the cyber attack as "deeply disturbing". "Cyber ​​criminals will concern anyone if they consider them to earn money, and attacking those who take care of children is a very serious act," he said. An employee said the kindergarten asked the parents not to talk to the media, although some talked to the BBC. "Of course, it is not ideal, we would have preferred to use a kind of encryption software," said a parent, who asked to be called Mary. Mary said her family received an email from hackers, who informed them what information were stolen. The group of hackers responsible for these statements seems to be relatively new and is called radiant. Cyber ​​criminals contacted the BBC about the cyber attack and subsequently published details about them on their Darknet's website. There they published a data sample, including photos and profiles of 10 children from the stolen data set. It was published as part of their attempt to extort money from the nurser chain, which has 18 nurseries, largely in the London area. The police recommend that it does not pay redemptions, as this supplies the ecosystem of cyber crime. When BBC News asked them if they were guilty of blackmailing a kindergarten using the children's data, the criminals replied that "they did not ask for a huge sum" and that "it deserves a compensation for our pentast." "Pentest"-or penetration test-is the term used when ethical hackers are employed to evaluate the security of an organization in a controlled and professional way. "Of course" it is about money, they acknowledged for the BBC. This cyber attack is the most recent in a large series, which have led to the production of the Jaguar Land Rover and caused massive disturbances at M&S ​​and CO-OP. Rebecca Moody, the head of the Data Research Department at the Comparitech software company, said the nature of the data published online gave "alarm". "We have seen small redemption requests from ransomware bands, but this seems to be at a completely different level," she said. She said that the company should contact "urgently" all the people affected by the data safety. The Metropolitan Police told the BBC that he received a notification on September 25 "following reports on a ransomware attack on an organization based in London." "The investigation is ongoing and is still in the early phase within the unit to combat the computer crime of the Metropolitan Police," she said. A spokesman for the Commissioner's Office for Information said: "Kido International told us an incident and we evaluate the information provided."