Categories: News Tags: Doxxers Tags: doxxing Tags: police Tags: social media Tags: extortion Tags: data breach Two individuals have been charged with being members of ViLE, a group of doxxers that even impersonated police officers to obtain personal information about their victims. |
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Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2023 15:40:41 +0000
Rogue software packages. Rogue “sysadmins”. Rogue keyloggers. Rogue authenticators. Rogue ROGUES!
Read moreCategories: News Tags: Data theft Tags: refine Tags: extortion Tags: blackmail Tags: money laundering Dutch police have arrested three men who stole data belonging to almost every Dutch and Austrian citizen. |
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Credit to Author: Naked Security writer| Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2023 16:13:16 +0000
Company transcribed ultra-personal conversations, didn’t secure them. Criminal stole them, then extorted thousands of vulnerable patients.
Read moreCategories: News Tags: ransomware Tags: malwarebytes Tags: youtube Tags: video Tags: multi-threat Tags: single threat Tags: double threat Tags: triple threat Tags: encrypt Tags: extortion Take a look at our ten minute video walkthrough of ransomware issues and concerns. |
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Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2022 17:59:18 +0000
If the crooks have connected up your phone number and your Twitter handle… what could go wrong?
Read moreCategories: News Tags: H-Hotel Tags: Play ransomware Tags: ransomware Tags: extortion Tags: threat Tags: breach Tags: EDR A ransomware group claims to have stolen data from the H-Hotel chain, and is now threatening to leak it if the ransom is not paid |
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Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 17:59:23 +0000
Wanted! Not only the extortionist who abused the data, but also the CEO who let it happen.
Read moreCategories: News Tags: compromise Tags: ransomware Tags: leak Tags: extortion Tags: LAUSD Data stolen from Los Angeles Unified School District has been leaked online, after staff refused to pay the ransom related to a ransomware attack. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: interpol Tags: sextortion Tags: mobile malware Tags: extortion In an international police action supported by Interpol, law enforcement agencies have uncovered and dismantled an international sextortion ring. |
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