10 December 2020, 4:28 am EST By Hackers have reportedly broken into certain databases, stolen their content, and held it for ransom for a period of 9 days. Hackers will then sell this database to the highest bidder if the said DB owner will not pay the asked ransom demand. Do hackers use SQL? According to an article by ZDNet, over 85,000 SQL databases were up for sale on the dark web for a reported price of just $550/database. The portal has been brought to ZDNet's attention by a certain security researcher. It is said to be a part of the database ransom scheme that has repeatedly been going on ever since the start of 2020.