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The ransomware gang known as ALPHV has claimed a successful attack on Amazon-owned home security company Ring. A cybercriminal group known for its despicable tactics, the gang is now threatening to publish the company’s sensitive data if its financial demands are not met. Ring is denying the gang’s claims.

On Monday, the malware research organization VX-underground tweeted screenshots of the ransomware gang’s claims, which had been published to its website in the digital underworld. Like other groups of its kind, ALPHV has a dedicated “leak site,” where its members selectively release data stolen during attacks. The doxxed info is used to goad victims into paying a hefty ransom. On its page for Ring, ALPHV recently left a simple but menacing message: “There’s always the option to let us leak your data...” but posted no further information.

Used by hundreds of thousands of people across the U.S. to monitor their homes and businesses, Ring would seem an obvious target for cybercriminals purely due to the wealth of information the company collects on its users. For ransomware gangs, the more data, the tastier the target. So far, however, Ring seems to be claiming that the hackers are full of it.

“We currently have no indications that Ring has experienced a ransomware event,” said Emma Daniels, a spokesperson for the company, when reached for comment by Gizmodo. However, Daniels revealed that Ring was “aware of a third-party vendor that has experienced an...

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