Tag: extortion
GMO offers $1M for tips after refusing an extortion demand
The Japanese group shut 26,739 trading desktops and is now paying for information leading to arrests.
Ransom crews found that locking the front door works better than encrypting
Responders describe intrusions that reach into HVAC, badge readers and refrigeration, turning physical disruption into negotiating leverage.
Cardiac monitor maker iRhythm says hackers took data on 360,000 people
Intruders spent five days inside third-party-hosted business applications before the company noticed.
Phone-call extortion crew pulled in $207M without any malware
A leaked chat archive shows the Silent Ransom Group targeting law firms through social engineering alone.
Engineer who locked his own employer out gets prison time
A core infrastructure engineer wiped admin accounts and demanded 20 bitcoin from the firm that employed him.
Army hacker Kiberphant0m lands 70 months for telecom extortion
A US soldier who stole call records from AT&T and others as the persona Kiberphant0m was sentenced to 70 months…
ShinyHunters says it broke into the FBI and took 2TB of files
ShinyHunters says an Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day put it inside the FBI jobs portal, and it wants a retraction rather than…
Rival crew seizes Clop’s leak site and bills the extortionists
A rival crew says it now owns Clop's leak site and wants an eight-figure cut.