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Former Ubiquiti employee charged with hacking, extorting company
Allegedly demanded nearly $2.8 million ransom.
Brendan Pierson
Dec 2 2021 11:28AM
Security
Psychiatric health data thief extorting individual patients
Sensitive information published online.
Juha Saarinen
Oct 26 2020 9:40AM
Security
Bomb hoax extortion emails spread down under
Bitcoin bust creates threat boom.
Juha Saarinen
Dec 14 2018 9:00AM
Security
Database destroying worm menaces Linux and Windows servers
Botnet, ransomware and coin mining rolled into one malware.
Juha Saarinen
Sep 19 2018 9:39AM
Security
MySQL instances attacked by database blackmailers
Copycats delete databases without dumping them.
Juha Saarinen
Feb 26 2017 8:36PM
Security
Nokia paid extortionist millions for stolen encryption keys
Perpetrator still on the loose.
Juha Saarinen
Jun 18 2014 5:03AM
Security
Domino's Pizza blackmailed over mass data leak
Updated: Over 600,000 customer records captured.
Juha Saarinen
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Allie Coyne
Jun 16 2014 6:32AM
Security
Extortionists down Feedly newsreader site
Denial of service attack.
Juha Saarinen
Jun 12 2014 5:01AM
Security
BitTorrent users targeted in new trojan extortion ploy
New scareware method in town.
Dan Kaplan
Apr 13 2010 1:16PM
Security
New ransomware variant features novel payment scheme
Utilises SEO poisoning.
Chuck Miller
Nov 3 2009 12:05PM
Security
IT administrator faces five years for network extortion
An IT administrator faces up to five years in prison after he tried to extort money from his former employers by threatening to crash the company’s servers.
Iain Thomson
Apr 29 2009 6:19AM
Hardware
$1 million reward for arrest of cyberextortionists
A pharmacy benefits management firm is offering a US$1 million reward for information leading to the conviction of its extortionists.
Dan Kaplan
Nov 13 2008 10:44AM
Security
Cyber criminals turn to extortion with Zippo-A trojan
Security experts have identified a tojan that encrypts victims' computer files, and then attempts to extort a ransom of $300 to restore the hijacked data.
William Eazel
Mar 17 2006 10:10AM
Security
Criminals encrypt files in extortion attempt
Security companies have tracked a new type of internet attack that encrypts files on a user's machine and then demands payment for a decoder tool.
Marcia Savage
May 24 2005 9:22PM
Security
Extortion threats making firms pay out demands
By John
Nov 12 2004 5:05PM
Security
Tokyo police arrest trio accused of Softbank extortion
Tokyo police have arrested three men on suspicion of attempted extortion from Softbank BB, the parent company to Yahoo BB.
Steve Gold
Mar 2 2004 1:58PM
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