- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- January 30th, 2020
Good Guy Hacker Tells Victims to Stop Masturbating, Still Wants $500 or Else
“Watching dirty stuff is a waste of time, energy and minerals from the body. I hope you will think about this"
- Games
- By Silviu Stahie
- June 9th, 2017
CD Projekt Studio Blackmailed with Release of Cyberpunk 2077 Stolen Files
The developers are well known for The Witcher franchise
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- April 24th, 2017
Ashley Madison Account Data Used for Blackmail Campaign
People are being asked for money to get their data off a site the hackers are claiming to launch soon
- Hacking News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 29th, 2016
Hacker Pleads Guilty to "Sextortion" of over a Dozen Female Victims
Hacker under arrest since mid-March 2016
- Data Breaches
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 28th, 2016
South Korea Says North Korea Is Blackmailing One of Its Top Online Retailers
Hackers asking for $2.66 million or they'll release the data
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 15th, 2016
New Delilah Trojan Used to Blackmail Employees, Recruit Insiders
Crooks use trojan to turn workers to the Dark Side
- Internet Life
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 12th, 2016
Wire Drops Lawsuit Alleging Extortion from Signal Co-Founder
While the government fights to destroy encryption, companies fight among each other for the technology behind it
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 27th, 2016
Android Ransomware Threatens to Share Your Browsing History with Your Friends
67% of Android devices are vulnerable to Android.Lockdroid
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 26th, 2016
Ransomware Author Blackmails Security Researcher Who Refuses to Give In UPDATE
Security researcher claims political harassment
- Hacking News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 14th, 2016
Car Breathalyzer Company Hacked, Data About US Drunkies Is Safe
Hackers steal internal documents, blueprints, and schematics
- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 3rd, 2016
BTCC Bitcoin Trader Blackmailed with DDoS Attacks
Blackmailer fails after BTCC invests in better servers
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 10th, 2015
DD4BC Hacker Group Blackmails Companies for Bitcoin Using DDOS Attacks
The group required payments between 25 and 100 Bitcoin
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 24th, 2015
Ashley Madison Hack Aftermath Includes Spam, Blackmail, and a Class Action Lawsuit
A possible suicide is also being investigated by the police
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 1st, 2015
Bitdefender User Database Breached, Hacker Attempts to Extort Company
Hacker wanted $15,000 / €13,600 from Bitdefender
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 12th, 2015
Female Seducers on Skype Blackmail Males for Cash
Online wooing can easily lead to money spilling
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 8th, 2015
DDoS Blackmailers Set Sight on Scandinavian Companies
Companies in the financial sector are preferred targets
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- May 22nd, 2015
mSpy Breached After All, Company Admits Data Theft of 80,000
Company working on data encryption mechanism