extortion

Smashing Pumpkins frontman paid ransom to a hacker who threatened to leak the band’s songs

The frontman of the American alternative rock band Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Corgan, has revealed he paid hackers who stole…

Dutch Police arrests 3 men involved in a massive extortion scheme. One of them is an ethical hacker

The Dutch police arrested three individuals as a result of an investigation into computer trespass,…

US DHS Cyber Safety Board will review Lapsus$ gang’s operations

US DHS Cyber Safety Review Board will review attacks linked to the Lapsus$ extortion gang…

Hive Ransomware extorted over $100M in ransom payments from over 1,300 companies

Hive ransomware operators have extorted over $100 million in ransom payments from over 1,300 companies…

Babuk crew announced it will stop ransomware attacks

Babuk ransomware operators shut down their affiliate program and announced to stop using ransomware, the…

REvil Ransomware gang uses DDoS attacks and voice calls to make pressure on the victims

The REvil ransomware operators are using DDoS attacks and voice calls to journalists and victim's…

Ragnar Locker ransomware gang advertises Campari hack on Facebook

​Ragnar Locker Ransomware operators have started to run Facebook advertisements to force their victims into…

Finnish psychotherapy center Vastaamo suffered a shocking security breach

Private Finnish psychotherapy center Vastaamo suffered a security breach, hackers are now demanding ransom to…

Crooks hit Puerto Rico Firefighting Department Servers

Puerto Rico’s firefighting department discloses a security breach, hackers breached its database and demanded $600,000.…

FBI arrested a Russian national for recruiting employee of US firm to plant malware

FBI authorities arrested a Russian national in the U.S. after attempting to recruit an employee…

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