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ShinyHunters Claims 1.6 Million Records Stolen from RingCentral
The extortion group published 280 gigabytes of alleged RingCentral data after the company refused to pay. Names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses are now circulating freely.
Contractor Jailed Two Years After $2.5M Extortion Attempt Against Brightly Software
Cameron Curry stole payroll data on his way out the door, then threatened to report his ex-employer to the SEC unless it paid up.
Hedge Fund Vishing Attacks Traced to UNC6671, the Group Behind the BlackFile Brand
Google's threat researchers say one core crew is running help-desk phone scams that have hit Point72, Citadel, Two Sigma and Millennium, then stealing data straight from their cloud accounts.
Canadian hacker admits to Snowflake data thefts that hit 165 companies and 100 million people
Connor Moucka pleaded guilty to stealing terabytes from Snowflake customer accounts that had no second login step, extorting $2.5 million in bitcoin from victims including AT&T and Ticketmaster.
Analog Devices Discloses Data Breach After Hackers Stole Files in June Attack
The Massachusetts chip-maker told federal regulators that unauthorised intruders accessed its systems on 23 June and took files. A separate extortion group now claims to hold 570,000 records from the company.
Ransomware Group Spacebears Claims Attack on StellarRAD Systems
A criminal group has listed the US telecoms-software firm on its dark-web pressure site, alleging stolen employee data, financial records and client information. The company has not confirmed any incident.
ShinyHunters claims Ernst & Young breach, points to supply-chain attack
The extortion crew says stolen credentials from a third-party supplier gave them access to EY's Jira, GitHub and Azure. The accounting giant has not confirmed the group's role.
Scammers Recycle ShinyHunters Breach Data to Power $2,000 Sextortion Emails
A campaign running since April uses email addresses from old ShinyHunters leaks to make fake extortion threats look personal.
Origin Energy confirms data breach; hacker claims 2 million customer records held for extortion
Australia's largest energy retailer says names, addresses, birth dates and partial bank details were exposed. An unidentified hacker calling themselves 'John Doe' has threatened to leak the data within two weeks.
What is ransomware-as-a-service? A plain-English guide
Ransomware-as-a-service lets criminals rent attack tools from developers, the same way businesses subscribe to software, making large-scale extortion attacks available to almost anyone.
Anubis Ransomware Group Claims Fairlife Attack, Threatens to Leak 1 TB of Data
Coca-Cola's milk brand has a week to pay an undisclosed ransom, or criminals say they will publish what they took.
Abbott Digs Into Two Cyber Incidents at Its Cancer Diagnostics Arm
The medical giant is investigating a break-in at old Exact Sciences systems and a separate extortion claim tied to a research portal.
Ransomware group claims attack on Els for Autism Foundation
A criminal group called cmdorganization has listed the Florida-based autism charity on a dark-web extortion site. The foundation has not confirmed any incident, and the claim could not be independently verified.
Half a Million Patients' Data Stolen From New Jersey Lab Company
A criminal group called WorldLeaks broke into Centers Laboratory's systems last August and walked off with records covering 542,377 people, including Social Security numbers and medical details.
Scammers Sent AI Fake Photos of a Missing Man to His Parents and Demanded $6,000
Criminals used a social media plea about a missing autistic man to generate a fake image of him and threaten his family. It is a preview of where AI-powered extortion is heading.