One of the largest car rental companies in Europe fell victim to a fabricated cyberattack. Why would adversaries claim a mock attack? To understand the real intentions and motivations behind such ...

Cybercriminals are increasingly staging fake data breaches to launch extortion attempts against KYC-AML companies. Recently, hackers devised a new method of targeting a KYC company by running a ...

Cyber extortion continues to proliferate with an unprecedented number of threat actors and a 77% year-on-year growth in cyber extortion victims, according to Orange Cyberdefense (OCD). In its ...

Multiple companies in the U.S. and Canada experienced a record number of cyber extortion events in 2023 and unprecedented demands, a new report from Marsh shows. The report, Ransomware: A persistent ...

An unknown user going by the handle "Gitloker" is grabbing and wiping clean repositories on GitHub in an apparent effort to extort victims. The campaign, which a researcher at Chilean cybersecurity ...

Cyber extortion can hit a company hard by disrupting operations, exposing sensitive data and shaking shareholder trust. Even a single attack can have costly, far-reaching consequences for business ...

"It is said that the law is always at least several years behind the technology. With respect to the application of a criminal statute the doctrine of lenity, among other established rules, acts as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Waxhaw passes data center moratorium A federal jury convicted a Charlotte man on Wednesday for carrying out a cyber extortion ...

A recurring question in coverage disputes is whether a sub-limit expands coverage by creating a new, defined grant, or instead operates to restrict coverage that would otherwise be available under the ...

A federal jury convicted Cameron Curry, 27, a Charlotte resident, of carrying out an extensive cyber extortion scheme targeting a Washington, D.C.-based international technology company. He faces up ...

Hollard rejects hacking claim, points to MIP cyber breach By Admire Moyo, ITWeb news editorJohannesburg, 16 Sept 2026MIP Holdings has confirmed the breach, which it says happened in June. (Image ...

The United States has faced no shortage of existential threats throughout its history, but few have proven as persistent, elusive, and damaging as the cyber attacks launched against its government, ...