Ransomware attackers email bemused students as leverage for a payout

Categories: Business

Categories: News

Tags: students

Tags: university

Tags: university of Manchester

Tags: UoM

Tags: ransomware

Tags: blackmail

Tags: theft

Tags: pressure

Tags: leak

Tags: breach

We take a look at one group’s creative tactics to ensure a payout from a compromised university.

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Black Cat ransomware group wants $4.5m from Reddit or will leak stolen files

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Tags: reddit

Tags: ransom

Tags: black cat

Tags: ransomware

Tags: extortion

Tags: blackmail

Tags: data

Tags: leak

Tags: breach

We take a look at news that data stolen from Reddit may be leaked soon unless the site pays a cool $4.5m to keep it offline.

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Phishing scam takes $950k from DoorDash drivers

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Tags: door dash

Tags: delivery

Tags: phish

Tags: phishing

Tags: scam

Tags: fake

Tags: fraud

Tags: theft

Tags: call

Tags: support

Tags: phone

We take a look at a phishing scam that cost 700 DoorDash drivers a combined total of roughly $950k.

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Play ransomware gang compromises Spanish bank, threatens to leak files

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Tags: globalcaja

Tags: play ransomware

Tags: compromise

Tags: data

Tags: leak

Tags: ransom

Tags: bank

Tags: banking

Tags: Spain

Tags: Spanish

A large Spanish bank, Globalcaja, has fallen victim to the Play ransomware gang.

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Financial services company OneMain fined $4.25 million for security lapses

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Tags: one-man

Tags: financial

Tags: loans

Tags: cyber

Tags: lapses

Tags: security

Tags: update

Tags: New York

Tags: lapse

We take a look at a fine totalling millions aimed at financial services company OneMain.

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