extortion
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Moving forward, Hultquist is concerned that more aggressive and dangerous actors will mass exploitation campaigns involving ransomware and extortion.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
Naindeep Singh and other community members have approached Fresno police and federal agents to raise the alarm about the extortion attempts.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
Platforms that already use these policies have already been subject to data leaks and extortion.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026
They are a prolific group of English-speaking cybercriminals, thought to be in their teens, who specialise in data theft and extortion.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Colonel Korn was the lawyer, and if Colonel Korn assured him that fraud, extortion, currency manipulation, embezzlement, income tax evasion and black-market speculations were legal, Colonel Cathcart was in no position to disagree with him.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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