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Dark Reading
In addition to his prison sentence, he will have to pay more than $1 million in restitution to his victims.
Graham Cluley
A former IT engineer is facing federal charges in the United States after his former employer found it had been locked out of its computer systems and received a demand for $750,000. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
The Hacker News
Between crossovers - Do threat actors play dirty or desperate? In our dataset of over 11,000 victim organizations that have experienced a Cyber Extortion / Ransomware attack, we noticed that some victims re-occur. Consequently, the question arises why we observe a re-victimization and whether or not this is an actual second attack, an affiliate crossover (meaning an affiliate has gone to
Dark Reading
Ransomware becoming less of a factor as threat actors extort businesses with payment options that are less than regulatory fines.
Graham Cluley
N0n is a newly-emerged cyber extortion gang. The group was first spotted in the middle of September 2026, and within days it had published on its dark web leak site details of what it claimed to be around a dozen victims. Since then, the tally has continued to grow. Read more in my article on the Fortra blog.
The Hacker News
The cyber extortion group known as ShinyHunters on Tuesday claimed it had breached the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and stolen data belonging to current and former employees at the agency. "We have compromised the FBI. We hold very sensitive data on almost ALL FBI Agents and individuals who filed an application with the FBI for a job," the group said in a statement posted on their dark
The Register
As yet another extortion crew Icarus exploits Salesforce-linked integrations
Graham Cluley
Most extortion gangs hide behind a keyboard. Silent Ransom Group will phone your staff pretending to be IT support - and if that fails, send someone to your office in person to plug in a USB stick. Read more in my article on the Fortra blog.
The Register
313 Team tells Canonical: pay up or the packets keep coming
Graham Cluley
World Leaks is a cyber extortion operation that steals sensitive data from organizations and threatens to leak it via the dark web if a ransom is not paid. Read more in my article on the Fortra blog.