Tag: extortion
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More than 160 Snowflake customers hit in targeted data theft spree
Mandiant reports that more than 160 Snowflake customers have been hit in a broad data theft and extortion campaign targeting organisations that have f… First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366588696/More-than-160-Snowflake-customers-hit-in-targeted-data-theft-spree
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Inside a Violent Gang’s Ruthless Crypto-Stealing Home Invasion Spree
More than a dozen men threatened, assaulted, tortured, or kidnapped 11 victims in likely the worst-ever crypto-focused serial extortion case of its ki… First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/crypto-home-invasion-crime-ring/
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Tipps für den Ernstfall: Auch das Business muss Verantwortung übernehmen
Wer nach einem Cyberangriff mit erbeuteten Daten erpresst wird, sollte nicht in Panik geraten. Christian Milde, CEO der Cold Blue GmbH, gibt im Gesprä… First seen on csoonline.com Jump to article: www.csoonline.com/de/a/auch-das-business-muss-verantwortung-uebernehmen
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Ticketmaster Extortion Continues, Threat Actor Claims New Ticket Leak
First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ticketmaster-extortion-conitnues/
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Ransomware Extortion Demands Soar to $5.2M per Attack
First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/extortion-demands-reach-average-of-5-2m-per-ransomware-attack
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Hackers Leak Alleged Taylor Swift Ticket Data To Extort Ticketmaster
First seen on packetstormsecurity.com Jump to article: packetstormsecurity.com/news/view/36077/Hackers-Leak-Alleged-Taylor-Swift-Ticket-Data-To-Extort-Ticketmaster.html
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Threat actor compromising Snowflake database customers
A threat actor tracked as UNC5537 is using stolen credentials against Snowflake database customers to conduct data theft and extortion attacks, cloud … First seen on techtarget.com Jump to article: www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/366587176/Threat-actor-targeting-Snowflake-database-customers
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Victims of cyber extortion and ransomware increase in 2024
First seen on scmagazine.com Jump to article: www.scmagazine.com/news/victims-of-cyber-extortion-and-ransomware-increase-in-2024
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Hackers leak 39,000 printhome Ticketmaster tickets for 154 events
In an ongoing extortion campaign against Ticketmaster, threat actors have leaked almost 39,000 print-at-home tickets for 150 upcoming concerts and eve… First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-leak-39-000-print-at-home-ticketmaster-tickets-for-154-events/
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New Ransomware Group Phones Execs to Extort Payment
First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ransomware-group-phones-execs/
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Cyber Extortion Soars: SMBs Hit Four Times Harder
First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cyber-extortion-soars-smb-hit/
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Hackers leak alleged Taylor Swift tickets, amp up Ticketmaster extortion
Hackers have leaked what they claim is Ticketmaster barcode data for 166,000 Taylor Swift Eras Tour tickets, warning that more events would be leaked … First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-leak-alleged-taylor-swift-tickets-amp-up-ticketmaster-extortion/
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Crooks crack customer info at tracking device vendor Tile, issue ‘extortion’ demands
Tags: extortionFirst seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2024/06/13/tile_life360_extortion/
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Deadline Looms For Alleged LockBit Extortion Over Feds Of 33TB Of Data
First seen on packetstormsecurity.com Jump to article: packetstormsecurity.com/news/view/36031/Deadline-Looms-For-Alleged-LockBit-Extortion-Over-Feds-Of-33TB-Of-Data.html
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Deadline looms for alleged LockBit extortion of Feds over 33TB of data
First seen on scmagazine.com Jump to article: www.scmagazine.com/news/lockbit-claims-ransom-negotiations-with-the-fed-over-33tb-of-stolen-data
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Crypto Firm Kraken Calls the Cops After Researchers Attempt Extortion
First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/crypto-firm-kraken-cops/
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Guest Blog: Ox Security on learning from the Recent GitHub Extortion Campaigns
A new threat actor group known as Gitloker has launched an alarming campaign that wipes victims’ GitHub repositories and attempts to extort them. Vict… First seen on itsecurityguru.org Jump to article: www.itsecurityguru.org/2024/06/13/guest-blog-proactive-application-security-learning-from-the-recent-github-extortion-campaigns
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Medibank breach: Security failures revealed (lack of MFA among them)
The 2022 Medibank data breach / extortion attack perpetrated by the REvil ransomware group started by the attackers leveraging login credentials stole… First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/06/18/medibank-breach-security-failures/
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Batteriehersteller erpresst: Hoppecke bestätigt Hackerangriff
First seen on csoonline.com Jump to article: www.csoonline.com/de/a/ransomware-bande-bruestet-sich-mit-datenklau-bei-hoppecke
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Snowflake Breach Exposes 165 Customers’ Data in Ongoing Extortion Campaign
As many as 165 customers of Snowflake are said to have had their information potentially exposed as part of an ongoing campaign designed to facilitate… First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article: thehackernews.com/2024/06/snowflake-breach-exposes-165-customers.html
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Mandiant Report: Snowflake Users Targeted for Data Theft and Extortion
A threat actor exploited the Snowflake platform to target organizations for data theft and extortion using compromised credentials. Learn how to prote… First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/snowflake-data-theft-extortion/
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GitHub Repos Targeted in Cyber-Extortion Attacks
First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/github-repos-targeted-in-cyber-extortion-attacks
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Life360 confirms data breach, extortion attempt
First seen on scmagazine.com Jump to article: www.scmagazine.com/brief/life360-confirms-data-breach-extortion-attempt
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GitHub phishing campaign wipes repos, extorts victims
First seen on scmagazine.com Jump to article: www.scmagazine.com/news/github-phishing-campaign-wipes-repos-extorts-victims
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Life360 says hacker tried to extort them after Tile data breach
Safety and location services company Life360 says it was the target of an extortion attempt after a threat actor breached and stole sensitive informat… First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/life360-says-hacker-tried-to-extort-them-after-tile-data-breach/
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Proactive Application Security: Learning from the Recent GitHub Extortion Campaigns
A new threat actor group known as Gitloker has launched an alarming campaign that wipes victims’ GitHub repositories and attempts to extort them. Vict… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2024/06/proactive-application-security-learning-from-the-recent-github-extortion-campaigns/
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Repeat data extortion attack hits Pandabuy
First seen on scmagazine.com Jump to article: www.scmagazine.com/brief/repeat-data-extortion-attack-hits-pandabuy
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Batteriehersteller erpresst: Ransomware-Bande brüstet sich mit Datenklau bei Hoppecke
First seen on csoonline.com Jump to article: www.csoonline.com/de/a/ransomware-bande-bruestet-sich-mit-datenklau-bei-hoppecke
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Pandabuy was extorted twice by the same threat actor
Chinese shopping platform Pandabuy previously paid a ransom demand to an extortion group that extorted the company again this week. The story of the a… First seen on securityaffairs.com Jump to article: securityaffairs.com/164263/cyber-crime/pandabuy-extorted-again.html
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Frontier warns 750,000 of a data breach after extortion threats
Frontier Communications is warning 750,000 customers that their information was exposed in a data breach after an April cyberattack claimed by the Ran… First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/frontier-warns-750-000-of-a-data-breach-after-extorted-by-ransomhub/