#Extortion

A total of 14 Muslim men were arrested in the case in March. A detailed order by the Allahabad High Court is awaited

The 2026 global ransomware landscape is characterized by a significant shift toward sophisticated...

The toxic dalliance between a Chinese divorcee and the billionaire Milwaukee Bucks owner began in an unexpected way, according to court documents.

A BBC investigation details how a woman was secretly filmed using smart glasses, with the video posted online before she was allegedly asked to pay for removal.

Surrey has recorded around 90 extortion attempts since late 2025, connected to at least 15 or 16 shootings and two arson cases. Many victims are repeat targets, often from the South Asian community.

From Independent RSS Feed: Influencer behind viral ‘predator catcher’ videos arrested on extortion, battery charges

From Reddit - r/cybersecurity: Two new extortion crews are speedrunning the Scattered Spider playbook

Read this preview of the latest SOTI report to find out why we think rational ransomware response requires resilience. Really.

Protect your organization from triple extortion ransomware – the devastating combination of ransomware and a DDoS attack – with these four steps.

Just when we thought DDoS extortion was fading into the rearview mirror, it's time to circle up the trucks again (gas tanks full).

In our 2020 DDoS retrospective, we highlighted the twists and turns of a very, very active threat landscape. As a quick refresher, we mitigated some of the largest attacks ever seen (1.44 Tbps and 809 Mpps);

Never before has the risk of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack been higher. In 2020, we saw record-breaking attacks, a DDoS extortion campaign impacting thousands of organizations globally, more emergency customer turnups, and more Akamai…

Since mid-August, a variety of threat actors (and copycats alike) have been targeting organizations across all industries globally, threatening impending DDoS attacks unless Bitcoin is paid out.…

As the go-to enterprise distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) mitigation experts, our phones have been "ringing off the hook" since the release of the global extortion DDoS campaign sequel.…

In terms of the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) landscape, 2020 was almost boring prior to the beginning of August. The excitement from the record peak Gbps and Mpps seen in early summer had worn off, and we weren't seeing...

Update 08/24/2020 As mentioned below, the Akamai SIRT has been tracking attacks from the so-called Armada Collective and Fancy Bear actors, who are sending ransom letters to various industry verticals such as finance, travel, and e-commerce.…

A group calling themselves "Cozy Bear" has been emailing various companies with an extortion letter, demanding payment and threatening targeted DDoS attacks if their demands are not met....

Immigration documents obtained by CBC News give new insight into a cross-Canada network of individuals believed to be responsible for a wave of extortion attacks plaguing Canadian communities.