Extortion
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The psychology behind modern ransomware extortion
For years, security teams treated ransomware as a technological problem. Security teams hardened backup systems, deployed endpoint detection, practiced incident response playbooks built around data recovery, and employed attack surface management to prevent initial access. But in 2025, that playbook is dangerously outdated. Today’s ransomware operations have evolved beyond file encryption into something far more difficult to defend against, systematized…
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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. Logitech International S.A. is a Swiss multinational electronics company that sells hardware and software solutions, including computer peripherals, gaming, video collaboration, music, and smart home products. Today, Logitech filed a Form…
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President of lime growers association found killed in his car after complaining about cartel extortion in Mexico
A leader of lime growers in the violent western Mexican state of Michoacan was killed Monday, authorities said, after repeatedly denouncing in recent months the extortion demands of organized crime on producers. The Michoacan state prosecutor’s office said on social platform Monday that the body of Bernardo Bravo, president of the Apatzingan Valley Citrus Producers Association, was found in his…
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FBI takes down BreachForums portal used for Salesforce extortion
The FBI has seized last night all domains for the BreachForums hacking forum operated by the ShinyHunters group mostly as a portal for leaking corporate data stolen in attacks from ransomware and extortion gangs. Law enforcement authorities in the U.S. and France worked together to take control of BreachForums web infrastructure before the Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters hacker got to fulfill…
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Red Hat data breach escalates as ShinyHunters joins extortion
Enterprise software giant Red Hat is now being extorted by the ShinyHunters gang, with samples of stolen customer engagement reports (CERs) leaked on their data leak site. News of the Red Hat data breach broke last week when a hacking group known as the Crimson Collective claimed to have stolen nearly 570GB of compressed data across 28,000 internal development repositories. This data…
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Clop extortion emails claim theft of Oracle E-Business Suite data
Mandiant and Google are tracking a new extortion campaign where executives at multiple companies received emails claiming that sensitive data was stolen from their Oracle E-Business Suite systems According to Genevieve Stark, Head of Cybercrime and Information Operations Intelligence Analysis at GTIG, the campaign began in late September. “This activity began on or before September 29, 2025, but Mandiant’s experts…
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Indian Court Sentences 14 to Life in Bitcoin Extortion Case
An Indian anti-corruption court has sentenced 14 individuals, including 11 police officials and a former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), to life imprisonment in a case involving the kidnapping and extortion of crypto from a Surat-based businessman in 2018. The judgment, delivered by Special Judge B.B. Jadav in Ahmedabad on Friday, found the group guilty of…
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