Tag: extortion
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Logitech confirms data breach after Clop extortion attack
Hardware accessory giant Logitech has confirmed it suffered a data breach in a cyberattack claimed by the Clop extortion gang, which conducted Oracle E-Business Suite data theft attacks in July. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/logitech-confirms-data-breach-after-clop-extortion-attack/
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Kraken Ransomware Targets Windows, Linux, and VMware ESXi in Enterprise Environments
Cisco Talos has identified an emerging threat from Kraken, a sophisticated cross-platform ransomware group that has emerged from the remnants of the HelloKitty ransomware cartel. In August 2025, the security firm observed the Russian-speaking group conducting big-game hunting and double-extortion attacks against enterprise environments worldwide. Kraken represents a significant evolution in ransomware threats due to…
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Ransomware’s Fragmentation Reaches a Breaking Point While LockBit Returns
Key Takeaways:85 active ransomware and extortion groups observed in Q3 2025, reflecting the most decentralized ransomware ecosystem to date.1,590 victims disclosed across 85 leak sites, showing high, sustained activity despite law-enforcement pressure.14 new ransomware brands launched this quarter, proving how quickly affiliates reconstitute after takedowns.LockBit’s reappearance with First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article: thehackernews.com/2025/11/ransomwares-fragmentation-reaches.html
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Kraken Ransomware Targets Windows, Linux, and VMware ESXi in Enterprise Environments
Cisco Talos has identified an emerging threat from Kraken, a sophisticated cross-platform ransomware group that has emerged from the remnants of the HelloKitty ransomware cartel. In August 2025, the security firm observed the Russian-speaking group conducting big-game hunting and double-extortion attacks against enterprise environments worldwide. Kraken represents a significant evolution in ransomware threats due to…
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Ransomware’s Fragmentation Reaches a Breaking Point While LockBit Returns
Key Takeaways:85 active ransomware and extortion groups observed in Q3 2025, reflecting the most decentralized ransomware ecosystem to date.1,590 victims disclosed across 85 leak sites, showing high, sustained activity despite law-enforcement pressure.14 new ransomware brands launched this quarter, proving how quickly affiliates reconstitute after takedowns.LockBit’s reappearance with First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article: thehackernews.com/2025/11/ransomwares-fragmentation-reaches.html
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Ransomed CTO falls on sword, refuses to pay extortion demand
Checkout.com will instead donate the amount to fund cybercrime research First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/11/13/ransomed_cto_refuses_extortion_demand/
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Operation Endgame schaltet Schadsoftware ab
Ermittler aus Deutschland sind gemeinsam mit internationalen Partnern erneut erfolgreich gegen Cyberkriminalität vorgegangen. BundeskriminalamtDank globaler Zusammenarbeit ist Ermittlern ein Schlag gegen die Verbreitung von Schadsoftware gelungen. Man habe “einen der gefährlichsten Stealer und einen der meistgenutzten Trojaner weltweit unschädlich gemacht”, teilten die Zentralstelle zur Bekämpfung der Internetkriminalität und das Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) mit. Solche Systeme nisten sich…
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Unleashing the Kraken ransomware group
In August 2025, Cisco Talos observed big-game hunting and double extortion attacks carried out by Kraken, a Russian-speaking group that has emerged from the remnants of the HelloKitty ransomware cartel. First seen on blog.talosintelligence.com Jump to article: blog.talosintelligence.com/kraken-ransomware-group/
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Google Launches New Maps Feature to Help Businesses Report Review-Based Extortion Attempts
Google on Thursday said it’s rolling out a dedicated form to allow businesses listed on Google Maps to report extortion attempts made by threat actors who post inauthentic bad reviews on the platform and demand ransoms to remove the negative comments.The approach is designed to tackle a common practice called review bombing, where online users…
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Google Launches New Maps Feature to Help Businesses Report Review-Based Extortion Attempts
Google on Thursday said it’s rolling out a dedicated form to allow businesses listed on Google Maps to report extortion attempts made by threat actors who post inauthentic bad reviews on the platform and demand ransoms to remove the negative comments.The approach is designed to tackle a common practice called review bombing, where online users…
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2 Ex-Cyber Specialists Indicted for Alleged BlackCat Attacks
DOJ: Suspects Hit 5 Firms, Including 3 in Healthcare, Netted $1.3M in Ransom Money. Three former employees of two cybersecurity firms stand accused of using BlackCat ransomware in a conspiracy to extort five U.S. companies, including three in the healthcare sector. One of the victim companies paid nearly $1.3 million to the attackers, U.S. federal…
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Rethinking Cyber Resilience in the Age of AI
AI has fundamentally changed how we think about both innovation and risk. It’s driving new breakthroughs in medicine, design, and productivity, but it’s also giving attackers a sharper edge. Ransomware isn’t just about encrypting data anymore. It’s about double extortion, data theft, and the erosion of trust that organizations depend on to operate. As threat..…
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Rethinking Cyber Resilience in the Age of AI
AI has fundamentally changed how we think about both innovation and risk. It’s driving new breakthroughs in medicine, design, and productivity, but it’s also giving attackers a sharper edge. Ransomware isn’t just about encrypting data anymore. It’s about double extortion, data theft, and the erosion of trust that organizations depend on to operate. As threat..…
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Former cybersecurity employees attempted to extort five U.S. companies in 2023 using BlackCat ransomware attacks
U.S. prosecutors charged three Florida men for using BlackCat ransomware to hack and extort five U.S. companies in 2023. U.S. prosecutors charged Ryan Clifford Goldberg, Kevin Tyler Martin, and another Florida-based accomplice (aka >>Co-Conspirator 1
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Former cybersecurity employees attempted to extort five U.S. companies in 2023 using BlackCat ransomware attacks
U.S. prosecutors charged three Florida men for using BlackCat ransomware to hack and extort five U.S. companies in 2023. U.S. prosecutors charged Ryan Clifford Goldberg, Kevin Tyler Martin, and another Florida-based accomplice (aka >>Co-Conspirator 1
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Former cybersecurity employees attempted to extort five U.S. companies in 2023 using BlackCat ransomware attacks
U.S. prosecutors charged three Florida men for using BlackCat ransomware to hack and extort five U.S. companies in 2023. U.S. prosecutors charged Ryan Clifford Goldberg, Kevin Tyler Martin, and another Florida-based accomplice (aka >>Co-Conspirator 1
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Security Experts Charged with Launching BlackCat Ransomware Attacks
Two former cybersecurity pros were indicted with conspiring with a third unnamed co-conspirator of using the high-profile BlackCat ransomware to launch attacks in 2023 against five U.S. companies to extort payment in cryptocurrency and then splitting the proceeds. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/security-experts-charged-with-launching-blackcat-ransomware-attacks/
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Security Experts Charged with Launching BlackCat Ransomware Attacks
Two former cybersecurity pros were indicted with conspiring with a third unnamed co-conspirator of using the high-profile BlackCat ransomware to launch attacks in 2023 against five U.S. companies to extort payment in cryptocurrency and then splitting the proceeds. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/security-experts-charged-with-launching-blackcat-ransomware-attacks/
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Security Experts Charged with Launching BlackCat Ransomware Attacks
Two former cybersecurity pros were indicted with conspiring with a third unnamed co-conspirator of using the high-profile BlackCat ransomware to launch attacks in 2023 against five U.S. companies to extort payment in cryptocurrency and then splitting the proceeds. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/security-experts-charged-with-launching-blackcat-ransomware-attacks/
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Security Experts Charged with Launching BlackCat Ransomware Attacks
Two former cybersecurity pros were indicted with conspiring with a third unnamed co-conspirator of using the high-profile BlackCat ransomware to launch attacks in 2023 against five U.S. companies to extort payment in cryptocurrency and then splitting the proceeds. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/security-experts-charged-with-launching-blackcat-ransomware-attacks/
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Security Experts Charged with Launching BlackCat Ransomware Attacks
Two former cybersecurity pros were indicted with conspiring with a third unnamed co-conspirator of using the high-profile BlackCat ransomware to launch attacks in 2023 against five U.S. companies to extort payment in cryptocurrency and then splitting the proceeds. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/security-experts-charged-with-launching-blackcat-ransomware-attacks/
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Former cybersecurity firm experts attempted to extort five U.S. companies in 2023 using BlackCat ransomware attacks
U.S. prosecutors charged three Florida men for using BlackCat ransomware to hack and extort five U.S. companies in 2023. U.S. prosecutors charged Ryan Clifford Goldberg, Kevin Tyler Martin, and another Florida-based accomplice (aka >>Co-Conspirator 1
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Former cybersecurity firm experts attempted to extort five U.S. companies in 2023 using BlackCat ransomware attacks
U.S. prosecutors charged three Florida men for using BlackCat ransomware to hack and extort five U.S. companies in 2023. U.S. prosecutors charged Ryan Clifford Goldberg, Kevin Tyler Martin, and another Florida-based accomplice (aka >>Co-Conspirator 1
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Former cybersecurity firm experts attempted to extort five U.S. companies in 2023 using BlackCat ransomware attacks
U.S. prosecutors charged three Florida men for using BlackCat ransomware to hack and extort five U.S. companies in 2023. U.S. prosecutors charged Ryan Clifford Goldberg, Kevin Tyler Martin, and another Florida-based accomplice (aka >>Co-Conspirator 1
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Security Professionals Charged for Using BlackCat Ransomware Against American Businesses
Two individuals with security backgrounds have been federally charged for orchestrating a coordinated ransomware attack campaign against American businesses using the dangerous BlackCat strain. Ryan Clifford Goldberg from Georgia and Kevin Tyler Martin from Texas face serious federal charges including conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce through extortion, intentional computer damage, and money laundering violations.”‹…
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U.S. Prosecutors Indict Cybersecurity Insiders in BlackCat Ransomware Attacks
Federal prosecutors in the United States have charged three individuals for allegedly carrying out a series of ransomware attacks targeting five U.S. companies using BlackCat ransomware, also known as ALPHV, between May and November 2023. The attacks reportedly aimed to extort large sums from the victims, including medical, engineering, pharmaceutical, and technology organizations. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to…
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U.S. Prosecutors Indict Cybersecurity Insiders in BlackCat Ransomware Attacks
Federal prosecutors in the United States have charged three individuals for allegedly carrying out a series of ransomware attacks targeting five U.S. companies using BlackCat ransomware, also known as ALPHV, between May and November 2023. The attacks reportedly aimed to extort large sums from the victims, including medical, engineering, pharmaceutical, and technology organizations. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to…
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Scattered Spider, ShinyHunters and LAPSUS$ Form Unified Collective
Scattered Spider, ShinyHunters and LAPSUS$ have formed an enhanced coordinated threat network for extortion efforts First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/scattered-spider-shinyhunters/
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Cybersecurity experts charged with running BlackCat ransomware operation
Tags: attack, breach, computer, crypto, cybersecurity, extortion, finance, group, healthcare, incident response, law, network, office, psychology, ransom, ransomware, risk, service, threatThe victims and the demands: The indictment cited at least five victim organizations: a Florida medical-device company, a Maryland pharmaceutical manufacturer, a California doctor’s office, a California engineering firm, and a Virginia-based drone company. On May 13, 2023, the conspirators allegedly attacked the Florida firm, demanding $10 million and receiving roughly $1.27 million in cryptocurrency.…