The crooks took a low-key, annoyingly simple, and hard-to-spot approach. Change usernames like JIMMY to FKOVWH3Z7LUV, but hide the changes…for a while, anyway.
Tag Archives: extortion
Hackers leak bank emails after extortion attempt fails
Serial cyber-extortionist gang Rex Mundi has published a cache of emails apparently stolen from the servers of Swiss bank Banque Cantonale de Geneve (BCGE).
FTC takes down fake support scammers, upbeat about “getting consumers’ money back” [POLL]
Just paying the money back isn’t really a punishment for fake support call scammers. So, what do *you* think the courts should do to punish these guys? Have your say in our poll… 
Apple iOS ransomware mystery deepens – “Oleg Pliss” pops up in LA
The mysterious Oleg Pliss, who popped up on iPhones in Australia earlier this week, demanding $100 “for unlock device,” is back. Now we’re hearing reports from Southern California…
First Aid for Android: How to unlock your ransomed phone
What do you do when your Android device freezes or locks up so you can’t do anything useful…especially if it wants $300 to let you get back to work? Here’s an Android troubleshooting technique for emergencies of this sort…
87 arrested in the Philippines in bust of sextortion ring
Three men, out of some 87 arrested, are allegedly behind the blackmailing of Daniel Perry, a 17-year-old Scottish boy who killed himself last year. 