Tag: ransom
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Nearly 70,000 impacted by Coinbase breach involving $20 million ransom demand
In documents filed with regulators in Maine on Tuesday, Coinbase said the information leaked included details like photos of passports and government IDs, as well as account information such as balances and transaction history. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/nearly-70000-impacted-coinbase-breach
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College student to plead guilty to PowerSchool hack
The 19-year-old Assumption College student, Matthew Lane, also was charged Tuesday with hacking and demanding a ransom payment from an unnamed telecommunications company, according to Massachusetts federal prosecutors. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/college-student-to-plead-guilty-to-powerschool-hack
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LockBit Internal Data Leak Reveals Payload Creation Methods and Ransom Demands
Tags: breach, cyber, data, data-breach, group, infrastructure, Internet, leak, lockbit, ransom, ransomware, service, tacticsThe notorious ransomware group LockBit inadvertently suffered a major data breach, exposing the inner workings of their ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operations. This leak, which surfaced on the internet after remaining undetected for months, has offered invaluable insights into the group’s internal processes, from ransomware payload creation to negotiation tactics with victims. Glimpse into LockBit’s Infrastructure The…
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LockBit Leak Shows Affiliates Use Pressure Tactics, Rarely Get Paid
Weeks after LockBit ransomware breach, leaked data reveals how affiliates generate ransomware, set ransom demands, and often walk away unpaid. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/lockbit-leak-affiliates-pressure-tactics-rarely-paid/
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LockBit Leaks Reveal Drive to Recruit Ransomware Newbies
‘Lite Panel’ Offering Easy Access to Anyone for Just $777 Confirmed by Researcher. Ransomware groups continue to find innovative new ways to shake down organizations large and small in their pursuit of ransom payoffs. For the LockBit group, one tweak was to debut a lite version of its ransomware portal that appears to have amassed…
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Coinbase Rejects $20M Ransom After Insider Data Leak, Faces Up to $400M in Fallout
Coinbase rejects $20M ransom after insider breach; customer data leaked, social scams follow. Fallout may cost up to $400M in reimbursements. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/news/coinbase-rejects-ransom-data-leak/
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‘Would rather pay bounty than ransom’: Coinbase on $20M extortion attempt
Hackers are demanding a ransom of the same amount: According to the filing, the email communication by the threat actor demanded $20 million in exchange for not publicly disclosing the information. It remains to be seen how threat actors respond to Coinbase refusing to pay the ransom.”Coinbase’s decision to publicly counter-extort with a $20 million…
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‘Expect Imposters’ Coinbase Tells Customers Whose Information Was Exposed in Data Breach
Instead of paying the $20 million ransom, Coinbase offered the same amount of money for information leading to the attackers. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-coinbase-data-breach/
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Xoxo to Prague
In this week’s newsletter, Thor inspects the LockBit leak, finding $10,000 “security tips,” ransom negotiations gone wrong and a rare glimpse into the human side of cybercrime. First seen on blog.talosintelligence.com Jump to article: blog.talosintelligence.com/xoxo-to-prague/
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Coinbase Customer Info Stolen by Bribed Overseas Agents
Coinbase insider breach: Bribed overseas agents stole user data; company rejects ransom, offers $20M reward, boosts security, and… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/coinbase-customer-info-stolen-bribed-overseas-agents/
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Coinbase disclosed a data breach after an extortion attempt
Coinbase confirmed rogue contractors stole customer data and demanded a $20M ransom in a breach reported to the SEC. Coinbase said rogue contractors stole data on under 1% of users and demanded $20M; the data breach was disclosed in an SEC filing. On May 11, 2025, the company received a ransom demand from a threat…
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Fast Reaction by Co-op Blocked Ransom Fallout, Hackers Claim
Expect Attackers to Expand Their Focus to US Targets, Cybersecurity Expert Warns. A trio of British High Street retailers are continuing to recover from cyberattacks that disrupted online orders or in-store card payments, resulting in lower earnings alerts and stock shortages across supermarkets. Expect the attackers to set their sights on U.S. targets, an expert…
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Largest US crypto exchange says cost of recent cyber-attack could reach $400m
Hackers paid overseas Coinbase employees for account data; company is offering $20m reward for informationThe biggest cryptocurrency exchange in the US forecast that a cyber-attack that breached account data of a “small subset” of its customers would cost it between $180m and $400m. Coinbase said that price tag would not include the $20m ransom demanded…
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Largest US crypto exchange hit by cyber-attack with costs expected of up to $400m
Hackers paid overseas Coinbase employees for account data; company is offering $20m reward for informationThe biggest cryptocurrency exchange in the US forecast that a cyber-attack that breached account data of a “small subset” of its customers would cost it between $180m and $400m. Coinbase said that price tag would not include the $20m ransom demanded…
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Coinbase data breach exposes customer info and government IDs
Coinbase, a cryptocurrency exchange with over 100 million customers, has disclosed that cybercriminals working with rogue support agents stole customer data and demanded a $20 million ransom not to publish the stolen information. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/coinbase-discloses-breach-faces-up-to-400-million-in-losses/
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PowerSchool Admits Ransom Payment Amid Fresh Extortion Demands
PowerSchool said its customers had been hit by new extortion demands using data stolen in a previous attack, despite attacker claims the data had been deleted First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/powerschool-ransom-payment/
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No Fairy Tale Ending: PowerSchool’s Hacker Targets Customers
After Vendor Paid for Data-Deletion Promise, Criminals Extort Schools Directly Students, gather round for the sad story of how PowerSchool got schooled by hackers, who stole data on students and teachers. After PowerSchool paid a ransom for a guarantee that the data would be deleted, the bad hackers failed to honor their promise. First seen…
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PowerSchool Paid Ransom, Now Hackers Target Teachers for More
PowerSchool paid ransom after a major data breach; now hackers are targeting teachers and schools with direct extortion… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/powerschool-paid-ransom-now-hackers-target-teachers/
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Toronto school district says data not deleted after ransom was paid to hacker
After paying the hacker a ransom, PowerSchool previously said it believed the incident had been “contained” because the hacker turned over a video showing the data being deleted. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/toronto-school-district-says-data-not-deleted-after-ransom
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PowerSchool paid a hacker’s ransom, but now schools say they are being extorted
Schools in Toronto and North Carolina are reporting extortion attempts. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/05/08/powerschool-paid-a-hackers-ransom-but-now-schools-say-they-are-being-extorted/
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Living in a Fairytale: PowerSchool’s Failures Continue
Criminals Extort School Employees After Vendor Paid for Data-Deletion Promise Students, gather round for the sad story of how PowerSchool got schooled not once, but twice. Surprise: attackers who received a ransom payment in return for a promise to delete data they stole from PowerSchool pertaining to students and teachers didn’t actually delete the data.…
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PowerSchool customers hit by downstream extortion threats
The large education tech vendor was hit by a cyberattack and paid a ransom in December. Now, a threat actor is attempting to extort the company’s customers with stolen data. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/powerschool-customers-hit-by-downstream-extortion-threats/
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Despite ransom payment, PowerSchool hacker now extorting individual school districts
The education tech giant said it is “aware that a threat actor has reached out to multiple school district customers in an attempt to extort them.” First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/despite-ransom-payment-powerschool-extorting
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PowerSchool hacker now extorting individual school districts
PowerSchool is warning that the hacker behind its December cyberattack is now individually extorting schools, threatening to release the previously stolen student and teacher data if a ransom is not paid. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/powerschool-hacker-now-extorting-individual-school-districts/
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Luna Moth extortion hackers pose as IT help desks to breach US firms
The data-theft extortion group known as Luna Moth, aka Silent Ransom Group, has ramped up callback phishing campaigns in attacks on legal and financial institutions in the United States. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/luna-moth-extortion-hackers-pose-as-it-help-desks-to-breach-us-firms/
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Ransomware-Attacke bei Hitachi Vantara
Tags: breach, cloud, computer, cyberattack, data, group, incident response, infrastructure, ransom, ransomware, serviceDie Ransomware-Gruppe Akira soll bei Hitachis IT-Services- und Infrastruktur-Tochter zugeschlagen haben.Vertreter von Hitachi Vantara haben gegenüber dem Security-Portal Bleeping Computer (BC) eingeräumt, dass das Unternehmen am 26. April mit Ransomware angegriffen wurde und in der Folge einige seiner Systeme offline nehmen musste.Als Tochterunternehmen des japanischen Hitachi-Konzerns ist Hitachi Vantara auf Datenplattformen und Infrastruktursysteme für Unternehmen…
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Verizon’s Data Breach Report Findings ‘Underscore the Importance of a Multi-Layered Defense Strategy’
Verizon surveyed about 22,000 security incidents and 12,000 data breaches. Ransomware incidents increased, while the median ransom payment dropped. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-verizon-data-breach-investigations-report-2025/