#extortionandblackmail — Public Fediverse posts

Scammers Are Using Fake Reviews to Extort Small Businesses - Movers, roofing companies and others are being bombarded with phony one-star reviews on G... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/technology/fake-reviews-small-businesses.html #extortionandblackmail #fraudsandswindling #consumerreviews #smallbusiness

Personal Data of Rhode Island Residents Breached in Large Cyberattack - An “international cybercriminal group” harvested the personal data of potentially hundred... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/us/cyberattack-rhode-island-ribridges-snap-medicaid.html #healthinsuranceandmanagedcare #deloittetouchetohmatsultd #cyberattacksandhackers #extortionandblackmail #computersecurity #healthsourceri #identitytheft #rhodeisland #ribridges #privacy

4 Things You Need to Know About Health Care Cyberattacks - Despite the explosion in ransomware hacks like the one against Change Healthcare, regulat... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/29/health/cyber-attack-unitedhealth-hospital-patients.html #regulationandderegulationofindustry #changehealthcaretechnologiesinc #healthinsuranceandmanagedcare #electronichealthrecords #cyberattacksandhackers #extortionandblackmail #unitedhealthgroupinc #your-feed-healthcare #medicineandhealth #hospitals

A Rare Win in the Cat-and-Mouse Game of Ransomware - A team of private security sleuths, in their first public detailing of their efforts, dis... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/24/technology/ransomware-emsisoft-blackmatter.html #cybersecurityandinfrastructuresecurityagency #cyberattacksandhackers #extortionandblackmail #computersecurity #emsisoftltd #blackmatter

Russia Influences Hackers but Stops Short of Directing Them, Report Says - The arrangement allows the Russian government some plausible deniability for attacks, res... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/09/us/politics/russia-ransomware-hackers.html #unitedstatesinternationalrelations #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #espionageandintelligenceservices #cyberwarfareanddefense #federalsecurityservice #extortionandblackmail #revil(hackinggroup) #recordedfutureinc #dokuchaevdmitrya #russia

Up to 1,500 businesses could be affected by a cyberattack carried out by a Russian group. - “It totally sucks,” said the chief executive of the software company Kaseya, which was co... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/06/technology/kaseya-cyberattack-ransomware-revil.html #homelandsecuritydepartment #computersandtheinternet #cyberattacksandhackers #cyberwarfareanddefense #extortionandblackmail #revil(hackinggroup) #computersecurity #putinvladimirv #psakijenniferr #emsisoftltd

Bitcoin Is Actually Traceable, Pipeline Investigation Shows - The F.B.I.’s recovery of Bitcoins paid in the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack showed ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/09/technology/bitcoin-untraceable-pipeline-ransomware.html #bankingandfinancialinstitutions #federalbureauofinvestigation #computersandtheinternet #cyberattacksandhackers #blockchain(technology) #darkside(hackinggroup) #extortionandblackmail #colonialpipelineco #bitcoin(currency) #searchandseizure

U.S. Seizes Share of Ransom From Hackers in Colonial Pipeline Attack - Investigators traced 75 Bitcoins worth more than $4 million through nearly two dozen cryp... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/07/us/politics/pipeline-attack.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #federalbureauofinvestigation #shutdowns(institutional) #cyberattacksandhackers #cyberwarfareanddefense #darkside(hackinggroup) #extortionandblackmail #revil(hackinggroup) #colonialpipelineco #bitcoin(currency) #russia

Are We Waiting for Everyone to Get Hacked? - It’s been almost a decade since Leon Panetta, then the secretary of defense, warned of an... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/05/business/leon-panetta-cyber-attacks.html #usfederalgovernmentdatabreach(2020) #infrastructure(publicworks) #computersandtheinternet #cyberwarfareanddefense #cyberattacksandhackers #extortionandblackmail #colonialpipelineco #computersecurity #panettaleonv #unitedstates #saudiaramco #russia #china #iran

Irish Hospitals Are Latest to Be Hit by Ransomware Attacks - Hospitals in Ireland, New Zealand and Scripps Health in San Diego are reeling from digita... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/20/technology/ransomware-attack-ireland-hospitals.html #computersandtheinternet #cyberattacksandhackers #darkside(hackinggroup) #healthserviceexecutive #extortionandblackmail #colonialpipelineco #computersecurity #microsoftcorp #hospitals #ireland

Colonial Pipeline Paid Roughly $5 Million in Ransom to Hackers - The payment clears the way for gas to begin flowing again, but it risks emboldening other... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/13/us/politics/biden-colonial-pipeline-ransomware.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #infrastructure(publicworks) #oil(petroleum)andgasoline #unitedstatescybercommand #nationalsecuritycouncil #cyberattacksandhackers #americanautomobileassn #extortionandblackmail #colonialpipelineco #pipelines

Pipeline Hack Points to Growing Cybersecurity Risk for Energy System - Energy infrastructure has increasingly come under assault, and analysts said the attack t... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/13/climate/pipeline-ransomware-hack-energy-grid.html #cybersecurityandinfrastructuresecurityagency #oil(petroleum)andgasoline #greenhousegasemissions #cyberattacksandhackers #extortionandblackmail #colonialpipelineco #computersecurity #globalwarming #pipelines

Colonial Pipeline: A Vital Artery for Fuel - Growing domestic production of oil and gas has led to reduced refining capacity in the No... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/10/business/colonial-pipeline-ransomware.html #infrastructure(publicworks) #oil(petroleum)andgasoline #darkside(hackinggroup) #cyberattacksandhackers #extortionandblackmail #colonialpipelineco #computersecurity #unitedstates #pipelines

Biden Plans Order to Strengthen U.S. Cyberattack Defenses - A hacking of a major pipeline, the latest evidence of the nation’s vulnerabilities to cyb... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/09/us/politics/biden-cyberattack-response.html #usfederalgovernmentdatabreach(2020) #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #executiveordersandmemorandums #cyberattacksandhackers #cyberwarfareanddefense #extortionandblackmail #colonialpipelineco #computersecurity #bidenjosephrjr

Cyberattack Forces a Shutdown of a Top U.S. Pipeline - The operator, Colonial Pipeline, said it had halted systems for its 5,500 miles of pipeli... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/08/us/politics/cyberattack-colonial-pipeline.html #oil(petroleum)andgasoline #shutdowns(institutional) #cyberattacksandhackers #extortionandblackmail #colonialpipelineco #eastcoast(us) #unitedstates #pipelines

EBay’s Critics Faced an Extreme Case of an Old Silicon Valley Habit - Six former employees were recently named in federal charges that were an indication of the lengths... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/27/technology/ebay-silicon-valley-security-reputation.html #hewlett-packardcompany #extortionandblackmail #detectives(private) #ubertechnologiesinc #teslamotorsinc #ebayinc

The Week in Tech: What Should Your City Do if It’s Hit by Ransomware? - Taking a principled stand against hackers can be expensive, but paying a ransom could lead to more... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/05/technology/cities-ransomware.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #computersandtheinternet #huaweitechnologiescoltd #cyberattacksandhackers #extortionandblackmail #libra(currency) #kudlowlawrencea #baltimore(md) #blacklisting #cooktimothyd #ivejonathan #florida #china

In Baltimore and Beyond, a Stolen N.S.A. Tool Wreaks Havoc - American cities are being hijacked with an N.S.A. cyberweapon that has already done billions of do... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/25/us/nsa-hacking-tool-baltimore.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #classifiedinformationandstatesecrets #espionageandintelligenceservices #federalbureauofinvestigation #cyberwarfareanddefense #cyberattacksandhackers #nationalsecurityagency #extortionandblackmail #computersecurity #shadowbrokers