Google's latest report highlights a data theft extortion campaign targeting U.S. companies, attributed to a group known as ...

You open your inbox and see a message that instantly makes your stomach drop. Someone claims they have your passwords, your files, your credit card details and your ...

Hundreds of Australians have been targeted by scammers threatening to release compromising material of them claimed to be ...

In 2023, scams targeting Americans ages 60 and over caused more than $3.4 billion in losses, according to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center. (1) And the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reports ...

Update: Added HungerRush statement below. Customers of restaurants using the HungerRush point-of-sale (POS) platform say they received emails from a threat actor attempting to extort the company, ...

POWELL, Ohio — A Powell business owner said he was flooded by bad Google reviews from a scammer, who asked for $5,000 to remove them, in part of a negative review extortion scam that Google is warning ...

Scam emails are getting better at looking official. This one claims to be an urgent warning from Microsoft about your email account. It looks serious. It feels time sensitive. And that is exactly the ...

A Georgia couple's vigilance against a phone scam led to criminal charges against a Florida woman for extortion and threats.

Randolph School dismissed students early Thursday to review a safety concern related to a financial extortion scam targeting a faculty member. According to an email sent to parents, the school first ...

Artificial intelligence has lowered the barrier to entry for sophisticated extortion while increasing the speed and scale at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 911 call to report he was the victim of an extortion scam led to death of an autistic man at the hands of police earlier this ...