Tag: extortion
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Two new extortion crews are speedrunning the Scattered Spider playbook
CrowdStrike says The Com-affiliated threat groups are using voice phishing and fake SSO pages to break into SaaS environments and steal data fast for extortion. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/crowdstrike-cordial-spider-snarky-spider-extortion-attacks/
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ADT Breach Exposes Data of 5.5 Million Customers, ShinyHunters Likely Behind Attack
The ShinyHunters extortion group is claiming responsibility for a breach of home and commercial security vendor ADT that exposed the data of 5.5 million customers. attack appears to be part of a larger and ongoing vishing campaign being run by the prolific threat actors. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/adt-breach-exposes-data-of-5-5-million-customers-shinyhunters-likely-behind-attack/
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Home Security Firm ADT Breach: 5.5M Customers’ Data Exposed
Prolific ShinyHunters Extortion Group Made ‘Pay or Leak’ Threat to Victim. Home security giant ADT has suffered a data breach that appears to have exposed personally identifiable information tied to 5.5 million customers. Prolific extortionist group ShinyHunters claimed credit for the attack, saying it stole Salesforce data after socially engineering an ADT employee. First seen…
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Home security giant ADT data breach affects 5.5 million people
The ShinyHunters extortion group stole the personal information of 5.5 million individuals after breaching the systems of home security giant ADT earlier this month, according to data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/home-security-giant-adt-data-breach-affects-55-million-people/
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Burglar alarm biz burgled: ADT confirms cyber intrusion after ShinyHunters extortion attempt
Security giant says attackers grabbed ‘limited set’ of data. Crooks claim 10 million records First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/27/home_security_giant_adt_gets/
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Burglar alarm biz burgled: ADT confirms cyber intrusion after ShinyHunters extortion attempt
Security giant says attackers grabbed ‘limited set’ of data. Crooks claim 10 million records First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/27/home_security_giant_adt_gets/
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BlackFile Group Targets Retail and Hospitality with Vishing Attacks
Researchers uncover a new data theft and extortion group dubbed “BlackFile” First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/blackfile-group-targets-retail/
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BlackFile Group Targets Retail and Hospitality with Vishing Attacks
Researchers uncover a new data theft and extortion group dubbed “BlackFile” First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/blackfile-group-targets-retail/
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BlackFile Group Targets Retail and Hospitality with Vishing Attacks
Researchers uncover a new data theft and extortion group dubbed “BlackFile” First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/blackfile-group-targets-retail/
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ADT confirms data breach after ShinyHunters leak threat
Home security giant ADT has confirmed a data breach after the ShinyHunters extortion group threatened to leak stolen data unless a ransom is paid. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/adt-confirms-data-breach-after-shinyhunters-leak-threat/
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New BlackFile extortion group linked to surge of vishing attacks
A new financially motivated hacking group tracked as BlackFile has been linked to a wave of data theft and extortion attacks against retail and hospitality organizations since February 2026. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-blackfile-extortion-gang-targets-retail-and-hospitality-orgs/
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Lotus Wiper Hits Energy Sector in Destructive Cyberattack
Hackers have deployed a new destructive malware, dubbed Lotus Wiper , in a targeted cyberattack against energy and utilities organizations in Venezuela, aiming not to extort money but to destroy data and disrupt operations permanently. Artifacts from the Lotus Wiper attack chain were uploaded to a public malware-sharing resource in mid-December 2025 from a machine in Venezuela,…
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Former DigitalMint ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to extortion scheme
Angelo Martino helped accomplices extort a combined $75.3 million in ransom payments from five victim companies. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/digitalmint-ransomware-negotiator-angelo-martino-guilty-plea/
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Ransomware negotiator caught secretly assisting BlackCat extortion scheme
Angelo Martino pleaded guilty to helping BlackCat ransomware group while acting as a ransomware negotiator. Another U.S. cybersecurity expert, Angelo Martino, admitted helping the BlackCat ransomware group while working as a ransomware negotiator. Angelo Martino (41) admitted helping the BlackCat ransomware group while working for a U.S. incident response firm. >>A Florida man, formerly employed…
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Data breach at edtech giant McGraw Hill affects 13.5 million accounts
The ShinyHunters extortion group has leaked data from 13.5 million McGraw Hill user accounts, stolen after breaching the company’s Salesforce environment earlier this month. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/data-breach-at-edtech-giant-mcgraw-hill-affects-135-million-accounts/
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Crypto-exchange Kraken extorted by hackers after insider breach
The Kraken cryptocurrency exchange announced that a cybercrime group is trying to extort the company by threatening to release videos showing internal systems that host client data. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/crypto-exchange-kraken-extorted-by-hackers-after-insider-breach/
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Emulating the Persuasive NightSpire Ransomware
AttackIQ has released a new attack graph that emulates the behaviors of NightSpire Ransomware, a financially motivated ransomware and data extortion group that emerged in early 2025 and quickly evolved into a full double-extortion operation. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/emulating-the-persuasive-nightspire-ransomware/
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McGraw-Hill confirms data breach following extortion threat
Education company McGraw-Hill has confirmed in a statement to BleepingComputer that hackers exploited a Salesforce misconfiguration and accessed its internal data. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mcgraw-hill-confirms-data-breach-following-extortion-threat/
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Kraken Exchange Faces Extortion After Insider Recorded System Footage
Kraken exchange faces extortion after a staff member misused access to record internal systems, about 2,000 accounts affected, no funds or systems breached. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/kraken-exchange-extortion-insider-system-footage/
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Stolen Rockstar Games analytics data leaked by extortion gang
Rockstar Games has suffered a data breach linked to a recent security incident at Anodot, with the ShinyHunters extortion gang now leaking the stolen data on its data leak site. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/stolen-rockstar-games-analytics-data-leaked-by-extortion-gang/
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Hack at Anodot leaves over a dozen breached companies facing extortion
The data breach at Anodot, which affects customers like Rockstar Games, is the latest hack aimed at stealing data from a large number of corporate giants. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/04/13/hack-at-anodot-leaves-over-a-dozen-breached-companies-facing-extortion/
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‘Several dozen’ high-value corporations hit by new extortion crew in helpdesk phishing spree
Possible link to Mr. Raccoon’s claimed Adobe break-in First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/09/several_dozen_highvalue_corporations_targeted/
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Google Warns of New Threat Group Targeting BPOs and Helpdesks
Google’s threat intel team warns UNC6783, a new extortion group possibly linked to the “Raccoon” persona, is targeting BPOs and enterprises First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/google-warns-group-targeting-bpos/
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Hackers steal and leak sensitive LAPD police documents
The LAPD said the breach affected “a digital storage system” belonging to the city’s Attorney’s Office. The World Leaks extortion gang was reported to be behind the attack. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/04/08/hackers-steal-and-leak-sensitive-lapd-police-documents/
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Ingenieur gesteht: Kollegen aus IT ausgesperrt und Arbeitgeber erpresst
Tags: extortionEin Ingenieur stiftet Chaos im Netzwerk seines Arbeitgebers und fordert ein Lösegeld von 20 Bitcoin. Vor einem US-Gericht gesteht er die Sabotage. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/ingenieur-gesteht-kollegen-aus-it-ausgesperrt-und-arbeitgeber-erpresst-2604-207291.html
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Germany Doxes “UNKN,” Head of RU Ransomware Gangs REvil, GandCrab
An elusive hacker who went by the handle “UNKN” and ran the early Russian ransomware groups GandCrab and REvil now has a name and a face. Authorities in Germany say 31-year-old Russian Daniil Maksimovich Shchukin headed both cybercrime gangs and helped carry out at least 130 acts of computer sabotage and extortion against victims across…