#ransom : the release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration

- French: rançon

- German: das Lösegeld

- Italian: riscatto

- Portuguese: resgate

- Spanish: rescate

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نیشنل سائبر کرائم انوسٹی گیشن ایجنسی (این سی سی آئی اے) راولپنڈی کی بڑی کارروائی، خاتون کو آن لائن بلیک میل کرنے والا ملزم اسلام آباد سے گرفتار۔ ڈپٹی ڈائریکٹر مدثر شاہ کی نگرانی میں سب انسپکٹر امجد بلال کی ٹیم نے ساہیوال سے تعلق رکھنے والے ملزم عمیر ادریس کو حراست میں لے لیا۔ ملزم پر جعلی انسٹاگرام آئی ڈی اور نازیبا ویڈیوز کے ذریعے خاتون کو ہراساں کرنے کا الزام۔

#blackmail #woman #vulger #video #ncci #pakistan #rawalpindi #ransom

20-Year-Old Enters #Prison for Historic #Breach , #Ransoming of Massive Student Database
#privacy #security #ransom

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/04/18/156236/20-year-old-enters-prison-for-historic-breach-ransoming-of-massive-student-database?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

NEW: A Silent Threat, Loud Consequences: Ransom Group Hits Law Firms Hard

#SilentRansomGroup has leaked data from 38 law firms so far -- and they tell me most law firms do pay them. That means.... (counting on fingers and toes...) they've hit a heckuva lot of law firms.

And I'm beginning to get a feel for how their negotiations go when they fail.

Read about their attack on Wood Smith Henning & Berman at:

https://databreaches.net/2026/04/13/a-silent-threat-loud-consequences-ransom-group-hits-law-firms-hard/

#hackandleak #ransom #cybersec #infosec #databreach

Wynn Resorts Says 21,000 Employees Affected by ShinyHunters Hack

Wynn Resorts confirmed in late February that hackers had obtained employee data - including SSNs.

The hackers had reportedly sought a ransom of more than 22 bitcoin (roughly $1.5 million).

#Wynn #ransom #shinyhunters #dataleak #databreach #security #cybersecurity #hackers #hacking #hacked

https://www.securityweek.com/wynn-resorts-says-21000-employees-affected-by-shinyhunters-hack/

When people keep advising victims not to pay ransom because threat actors can't be trusted to really delete all the data, my inner researcher kicks in and wants to know how often that really happens.

So I started sending out inquiries.

Now you might think that those who publicly and repeatedly urge journalists to "spread the word" not to pay would respond and share some of their experiences with untrustworthy threat actors, but no..... they didn't even respond.

Read about the replies I did get, because they really surprised me.

I have no doubt that some professionals will hate what I have reported, but then, perhaps they should have responded, too, if they think differently.

How often do threat actors default on promises to delete data?
https://databreaches.net/2026/04/05/how-often-do-threat-actors-default-on-promises-to-delete-data/

#databreach #incidentresponse #ransom

@zackwhittaker @campuscodi @euroinfosec @lawrenceabrams @jgreig @securityaffairs @Hackread @h4ckernews

I am a big fan of BakerHostetler's annual data security incident response reports because they are based on actual client experiences and data.

I just posted about their 2026 report, and commented on their healthcare sector data. As I had mentioned to @siguza, healthcare breaches tend to get higher ransom demands and higher settlements. Take a look at the 2025 data -- the highest initial ransom demand for a health entity client was $98M.

I'd love to know who the victim was and what TA or group demanded that much.

That said, the highest ransom actually paid for a healthcare sector breach by one of their clients last year was $5M.

Big delta.

My post: https://databreaches.net/2026/04/03/bakerhostetlers-2026-report-findings-from-1250-clients-breach-experiences-in-2025/

#ransomware #healthsec #incidentresponse #statistics #phishing #ransom #malware #databreach #cybersecurity

@campuscodi @amvinfe

Cyber sleuths uncover nefarious techniques to take malware (dubbed Omnistealer) posted in GitHub and use social engineering techniques to get it embedded into blockchains where the malware may be stored forever and make it difficult to root out as the chains grow.

"Hiding malicious payloads within blockchain has become an emerging obfuscation technique."

Omnistealer is capable of stealing cryptocurrency, passwords and privileged credentials for accessing an organization's information. https://www.pcmag.com/news/malware-is-sleeping-on-the-blockchain-and-its-already-infected-dozens-of #CyberSecurity #Ransom-ISAC #Security #CyberAttack #Malware #BlockChain #GitHub #FakeJobs #FakeRecruiters #JobInterviews #OmniStealer #Cyber #SocialEngineering