Guitarist Jonny Greenwood announced the theft on Twitter and Facebook. The minidisk archive was stolen from Thom Yorke by a hacker who demanded $150,000 or threatened to release them. The music can also be streamed for free (click on the player above) during that time. For a limited time, 18 days from the announcement, you can buy all 18 hours of that material on Bandcamp for the low price of £18 (about $23), with all proceeds benefiting the climate change advocacy group Extinction Rebellion. But for Radiohead, releasing 18 hours of demo material from minidisks recorded between 19, during the making of their landmark OK Computer, turned out to be just the thing. This strategy will not work in most ransomware attacks-if your personal data is stolen, releasing all of it to the public for a small fee might diffuse the blackmailer’s bomb, but your problems will only have just begun. MINIDISCS by Radiohead MINIDISCS by Radiohead
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