Collaborate Disseminate
The two men pointed to Uber’s $100K hush-money payment when they tried to extort Linkedin-owned Lynda… that instead called the cops. Continue reading Hackers plead guilty to breach that Uber covered up
In spite of prostitution being legal in the Netherlands, this could lead to the same type of blackmail attempts/suicide from Ashley Madison. Continue reading Hacker wants $300 for 250,000 records stolen from sex worker site
Girlfriend found it, girlfriend popped it onto a city bus, gadget got found, multiyear investigation got launched, 20 got indicted. Continue reading GPS tracker from stalked woman’s car led to indictment of 20 mobsters
Porn-recording feature will likely be used for extortion. Continue reading PsiXBot Adds PornModule, Google DNS Service to Its Arsenal
When Saudi Arabia contacted security researcher Chris Kubecka to investigate an apparent intrusion into its Dutch embassy’s secured email accounts, she knew it was not going to be a simple case. Local laws in the Hague did not apply, since the embassy is considered Saudi soil. And it only got more complicated after Kubecka got to work: Once the email account was secured, the attacker — who claimed ISIS affiliation — left a trail suggesting an insider was responsible and then threatened to kill hundreds of innocent people if certain demands weren’t met. The escalations sent Kubecka, the Saudis, the Dutch and dozens of other diplomats scrambling on an international whodunnit — a hacking case that emphasized the high-stakes challenges and troublesome gray areas that come with securing diplomatic communications. The particular account that was compromised — the Saudi ambassador’s secretary’s email — was on its secure embassy system, according to Kubecka, whom the Saudi government brought in […]
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There’s a hint that it might involve Ryuk ransomware. If so, it might be the fourth Ryuk attack against state and local agencies since May. Continue reading Georgia’s court system hit by ransomware
Those things drop out of pockets at the worst times. Like, say, when you’re hurling a bomb at a brick-and-mortar that you’ve also DDoSed. Continue reading Hacker threw Molotov cocktail, dropped USB drive of his DDoS deeds
Sheesh! At this rate, extortionists are going to have to seek alternate employment. Continue reading Bella Thorne steals hacker’s thunder, publishes nude photos herself
Sheesh! At this rate, extortionists are going to have to seek alternate employment. Continue reading Bella Thorne steals hacker’s thunder, publishes nude photos herself
The band shrugged off the threat and released the files on Bandcamp. They’re long and not very interesting, they said. Continue reading Radiohead releases ‘OK Computer’ sessions that hacker tried to ransom