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Cybercrime group ShinyHunters leaked data allegedly stolen from Charter Communications, exposing millions of customer records after a failed extortion attempt. The ShinyHunters extortion group has published data allegedly stolen from Charter Communications after the company apparently refused to pay a ransom. Charter Communications is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the United States. It […]

California AG claims genetics biz downplayed 2023 mega-leak while paying ransom to attacker

Threat actors from the Silent Ransom Group, aka Luna Moth, are escalating attacks by impersonating IT staff in phone calls and even showing up in person to gain direct access to victim systems

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The FBI warned that the extortion gang Silent Ransom Group is targeting law firms and social-engineering its way into servers and databases.

Silent Ransom Group isn’t prolific, but it's demonstrated a knack for attacking the legal services sector with an extraordinary dual use of social engineering and in-person visits to victims’ workstations. The post FBI warns US-based law firms to be on the lookout for cybercrime group that steals data in person appeared first on CyberScoop.

The FBI warned on Tuesday that the Silent Ransom Group (SRG) extortion gang is now targeting U.S.-based law firms in in-person data theft attacks. [...]

U.S. telecommunications giant Charter Communications has confirmed it suffered a data breach after the ShinyHunters extortion group threatened to leak stolen data unless a ransom is paid. [...]

A 5-year study on the Ransomware Economy found that 30,515 exposed databases were hit by ransom attacks, causing massive damage despite victims never paying. Database extortion doesn’t look like the ransomware stories that usually grab headlines. There’s no slick branding, no leak-site countdown, no gang posting memes on Telegram. In most cases, there’s just a […]