All news on the topic: Ransom

A group claiming responsibility for a recent Revolut data breach has demanded 6,000 Monero—an untraceable, privacy-focused cryptocurrency—worth about $3 million

Ethiopian authorities have arrested 17 key operatives behind a brutal human trafficking syndicate that trapped tens of thousands of migrants in Yemen, systematically filming their torture to extort millions from terrified families.

A masked “honour” gang who kidnapped a man from his front door before tying him to a chair and torturing him have been jailed.

A cyber extortion group is targeting U.S. law firms by impersonating IT workers, stealing sensitive files, and threatening to publish the data if the firms do not pay, the FBI warned in a recent alert.

The Nepalis were lured to Myanmar by promises of legitimate jobs, but said they were tortured and forced to work in scam compounds before being rescued.