#data extortion
8 stories taggeddata extortion.
Ransomware Gang Claims Bosch and Synopsys Hacks. Synopsys Says It Sees Nothing.
A criminal group called D1R says it stole sensitive data from two major companies and will publish it unless it gets paid. One of those companies is pushing back.
How ShinyHunters walked into Salesforce accounts without breaking anything
Microsoft says a year of data theft from Salesforce tenants leaned on trusted app connections, not a platform bug.
Criminals Are Calling Your Staff and Stealing Microsoft 365 Logins in Real Time
A hacking group is phoning employees, sending them to fake Microsoft login pages, and quietly locking themselves into corporate accounts before anyone notices. Okta has the details.
A U.S. Government Agency Quietly Paid $1 Million to a Group That May Not Even Be Ransomware
A leaked negotiation chat and blockchain trail suggest Kairos runs pure data-theft extortion — no file-locking, just threats to leak.
Oracle Patches PeopleSoft Flaw Tied to ShinyHunters Activity, Stays Quiet on Zero-Day Status
CVE-2026-35273 has a fix. Whether attackers got there first is a question Oracle isn't answering.
UNC3753 Hit U.S. Professional Services Firms With Vishing and Walk-In Intrusions
Dozens of legal, financial, and consulting firms were hit between January and May 2026 in a data-theft extortion run that blended phone-based social engineering with physical site visits.
FBI Flags Silent Ransom Group's Physical Intrusion Tactic Against U.S. Law Firms
The threat actor known as Silent Ransom Group has added walk-in impersonation to its toolkit, sending actors posing as IT support into law firm offices to insert storage devices into employee computers.
The Login Page That Demanded a Ransom
ShinyHunters defaced Canvas mid-finals week, taking the learning platform offline and exposing what one researcher calls an eight-month attack arc against Instructure.