Following a breach of Bell that compromised 1.9 million email addresses and some names and phone numbers, a pair of hackers has told CBC News they demanded $50,000 from the telecom to prevent stolen personal data from being shared publicly. Going by the name "exodus," the adversary said the emailed demand was sent to Bell May 5. "We were literally inside Bell's networks with access to everything," the hacker alleged. "It could have been much worse for them." Marc Choma, Bell's director of communications, had previously told Reuters that "a demand for payment was made by the hacker, but it was not paid." 
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