In what amounts to solid advice on any day of the year, the Army Criminal Investigation Command, known as CID, is warning those in the Army community to be alert to the possibility of Internet ...
Cyber extortion is accelerating, powered by phishing gangs and crime-as-a-service. Explore 2025 trends and why attacks are ...
A new trend in extorting money from sports and gambling Web sites isn’t going away like security experts had predicted. Online gambling Web sites began receiving e-mail threats in October of last year ...
Attacks and extortion of internet service providers by Brazilian gangs is becoming increasingly common in states in the north and northeast, suggesting organized crime groups are driving legitimate ...
Digital security community questions whether extortion could actually be successful WASHINGTON (AP) - The latest threat to computer users doesn't destroy data or steal passwords - it locks up a person ...
Officers arrested and booked a Hammond man with extortion in connection with activities that a woman accuser said began on Facebook, the Hammond Police Department reported Tuesday. After meeting a ...
MARION, Iowa — Authorities say a 51-year-old Marion man is accused of trying to extort money from a 14-year-old girl he met on the Internet. The Gazette of Cedar Rapids is reporting that Daniel Herrig ...
The Tulsa County Sheriff's Office is investigating whether an ex-convict who was charged earlier this week with extortion might have blackmailed other people in the state. Ward Victor Smith, 45, was ...
VILLAGE OF MONTGOMERY, NY — A former cop turned internet model learned her fate in an Orange County courtroom. Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that 33-year-old Ally Thueson, ...