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Extortion is coercion through threats: an attacker demands money or another concession while threatening harm if the victim refuses. In cybersecurity, this commonly involves encrypting systems and demanding payment for recovery, stealing data and threatening to publish it (often called double extortion), or threatening service disruption. The threatened harm may be real, exaggerated, or based on data the attacker did not actually obtain; payment does not guarantee data deletion, secrecy, or restoration.

Security teams should treat an extortion demand as a potential incident: preserve evidence, isolate affected systems, determine whether data was accessed, and involve legal and privacy specialists where notification or regulatory duties may apply. Offline, tested backups can reduce leverage from encryption, but they do not address stolen information. Reviewing exposed remote services, credentials, and unpatched internet-facing systems can help contain the access path, while threat intelligence may help assess the attacker’s claims and identify related activity.

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7.2 Million Individuals' Personal Data Being Held to Ransom by Threat ActorA data-leak group extortion is shaking down the government of Paraguay for a ransom payment worth $7.4 million, or $1 for every one of the country's citizens. The group, calling itself Brigada Cyber PMC, claims the stolen data includes people's personally identifiable information.

More from Bank Info Security 14 Jun 2025, 7:00 a.m. Extortion Government Leak Paraguay PII Ransom Ransomware Theft Threat Actor

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday disclosed that ransomware actors are targeting unpatched SimpleHelp Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) instances to compromise customers of an unnamed utility billing software provider

More from The Hacker News 13 Jun 2025, 11:02 p.m. America CISA Compromise Disclosure Exploit Extortion Flaw Incident Ransomware Victims
Bank Info Security 1 year, 1 month ago

AHA Warns Hospitals About Latest Play Ransomware Threats

Group's Advisory Follows an Updated Joint Alert from US, Australian AgenciesThe American Hospital Association is warning hospitals and other healthcare sector organizations of rising double-extortion attack threats involving the Play ransomware group. The AHA alert follows an updated joint government advisory issued last week about Play's latest tactics.

More from Bank Info Security 12 Jun 2025, 7:30 a.m. America Australia Critical Infrastructure Extortion Government Healthcare Ransomware Warning