extortion

This weekly update discusses the current state of cyber ransoms, highlighting how ransomware attacks are often conducted by inexperienced actors and the legal repercussions for breached companies.

Zscaler research finds ransomware gangs now target middle managers like 46-year-old IT managers instead of CEOs, exploiting business privileges to pressure ransom payments.

A 26-year-old Canadian man, Connor Riley Moucka, pleaded guilty to computer fraud and conspiracy for hacking and extorting over 165 organizations via Snowflake, including stealing call and text records of more than 100 million AT&T customers.

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov claims an extortionist planted AI-modified CSAM in a public chat to get Telegram temporarily removed from Apple's App Store, warning that this creates a systemic risk for all user-generated content apps.

Troy Hunt's weekly update covers Instructure's 'pay or leak' deadline from ShinyHunters, with the company remaining silent and lawsuits being prepared.

A cybercrime group defaced Canvas's login page with a ransom demand after a data breach, disrupting schools and universities nationwide. The stolen data includes names, emails, and student IDs, with threats to leak data unless paid.