A federal jury convicted Cameron Curry, 27, a Charlotte resident, of carrying out an extensive cyber extortion scheme targeting a…
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A North Carolina man was found guilty of extorting a D.C.-based technology company while still being employed as a data…
Many cybercrime investigations end with arrests or indictments that reveal little about the people behind the operations. When authorities do…
Law enforcement agencies across 28 countries have spent the past year building cases against a loosely organized collective known as…
Wynn Resorts has confirmed that a hacker stole employee data from its systems after the company was listed on the…
The ShinyHunters extortion gang has claimed responsibility for breaching Dutch telecommunications provider Odido and stealing millions of user records from…
Businesses should prioritize securing one type of technology in particular, the security firm Arctic Wolf said in a new report.
Researchers warn that a recently disclosed extortion campaign linked to ShinyHunters represents an escalation of tactics used by the group. …
ShinyHunters-branded extortion attacks are expanding and escalating, relying on effective social engineering tactics to compromise cloud environments, Mandiant cautions. The…
A threat actor is targeting exposed MongoDB instances in automated data extortion attacks demanding low ransoms from owners to restore…