Lax perimeter security exposes bank to hacker extortion attempt
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Failure to follow standard network security best practice has exposed a Californian investment bank to cyber criminals’ demands Hackers have attempted to extort money from an investment bank in California after bypassing network defences to steal documents. WestPark Capital, based The post Lax perimeter security exposes […]
Fending off cyber extortion can be difficult
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A basic computer setup connected to the internet grants a malicious hacker the power to steal sensitive information, affect a company’s stock value, and hold corporations to a ransom with the click of a mouse. The advent of anonymizing technologies such as the Tor network and […]
Traverse City Man Arrested for Extortion, Sex Crimes
Police arrested a Traverse City man for taking videos of women in dressing rooms. The Traverse City Police Department and Michigan State Police’s Computer Crimes Unit have been working on this case since May. Police say a lot of work went into catching this man. They arrested him on a six count felony which includes […]
Basecamp Briefly Knocked Offline in DDoS Extortion Scheme
“Basecamp sustains 10 GB DDoS extortion Knockout” Basecamp, the developer of Basecamp tool, came under a powerful DDoS attack earlier this morning. According to CTO Basecamp; David Heinemeire Hasson, the Basecamp had been under a massive DDoS attack for almost three hour when it suddenly stopped. He told that the ultimate motive of the hacker behind […]
Second Ohio man pleads guilty to electronic extortion of University of Pittsburgh
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: law_enforcement_first_responders In the latest conviction in a convoluted series of Internet threats against the University of Pennsylvania this spring, a 25-year-old man has pleaded guilty to making a YouTube video threatening to release information hacked from the school’s servers unless his demands were met. Alexander Waterland, pleaded guilty to one […]
Home Depot employee charged in bomb extortion plot
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: access_control_identification A 50-year-old Long Island man was charged with trying to extort $2 million from home improvement retailer Home Depot using pipe bombs planted in a store in Huntington, NY. Daniel Sheehan has been charged with extortion and use of a destructive device in an alleged plan to coerce the […]
Hacking VS Extortion, Hacker attempts to extort websites
Extortion has been around since the turn of time and in recent years more and more “hackers” are using this method to try and bully their victims into paying money to prevent their websites or services being hacked. View full post on Cyber War News View full post on The Cyber Wars
Theft of laptop leads to extortion nightmare traced to St. Paul
Threats to post nude photos and video of a student in Ohio led to St. Paul. View full post on cyber extortion – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Ray Hall found guilty of attempted extortion
KEYSER – Piedmont City Council member Ray Hall was found guilty of attempted extortion Thursday following a day-long jury trial in Mineral County Magistrate Court. View full post on cyber extortion – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Zardari takes note of extortion complaints in Karachi
Islamabad, March 17 : President Asif Ali Zardari has taken note of the complaints of extortion and poor law and order situation in Karachi as the business community in the port city kept their establishment shut in protest Saturday. View full post on cyber extortion – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National […]