Ransomware gang demands the right to mine with Nvidia cards

Following this story:

Nvidia malware – on their internal systems and included in unauthorised “unlocking” software – Smart Thinking Solutions

The cyber criminals have issued their ransomware demands:

Cybercriminals who breached Nvidia issue one of the most unusual demands ever | Ars Technica

The demand – unlock your graphics cards so they can be used for crypto-mining or we will release over 1TB of your data to the web.

A Further Step to Getting GeForce Cards into the Hands of Gamers | NVIDIA Blog – this is an explanation from Nvidia about limiting their card’s mining performance.