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• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• data breaches
• Data theft
• extortion
• insider threat
• ransomware
• Stolen data

North Carolina tech worker found guilty of insider attack netting $2.5M ransom

Cyber Scoop March 19, 2026

North Carolina tech worker found guilty of insider attack...

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5 min read

• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Data theft
• extortion
• Google
• Google Threat Intelligence Group
• Mandiant
• ransomware
• Research

The ransomware economy is shifting toward straight-up data extortion

Cyber Scoop March 16, 2026

The ransomware economy is shifting toward straight-up data extortion...

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4 min read

• 0APT
• cybercrime
• extortion
• GuidePoint Security
• Halcyon
• ransomware
• Research

0APT ransomware group rises swiftly with bluster, along with genuine threat of attack

Cyber Scoop February 11, 2026

0APT ransomware group rises swiftly with bluster, along with...

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5 min read

• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• data breaches
• Data theft
• extortion
• Flashpoint
• Google
• hacking
• Halcyon
• Mandiant
• Microsoft
• okta
• phishing
• phishing kit
• ransomware
• ShinyHunters
• Sophos
• Threats
• voice phishing

A new wave of ‘vishing’ attacks is breaking into SSO accounts in real time

Cyber Scoop January 26, 2026

Real-Time phishing kits target Okta, Microsoft, Google Skip to...

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• Bitdefender
• Coveware
• CrowdStrike
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• encryption
• extortion
• FinCEN
• Flashpoint
• Google
• GroupSense
• hacking
• Halcyon
• Mandiant
• Palo Alto Networks
• ransomware
• ransomware negotiation
• Surefire Cyber
• Threats
• Treasury Department
• Unit 42
• Veeam
• XFIL Cyber

The thin line between saving a company and funding a crime

Cyber Scoop January 21, 2026

The thin line between saving a company and funding...

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3 min read

• attack
• cyberattack
• cyberattacks
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• extortion
• Government
• PowerSchool
• ransomware

PowerSchool hacker sentenced to 4 years in prison

Cyber Scoop October 15, 2025

PowerSchool hacker sentenced to 4 years in prison |...

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4 min read

• Clop
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• extortion
• Google Threat Intelligence Group
• Mandiant
• Oracle
• ransomware
• Research
• Threats

Here is the email Clop attackers sent to Oracle customers

Cyber Scoop October 2, 2025

Here is the email Clop attackers sent to Oracle...

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3 min read

• Clop
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• extortion
• file transfer service
• Google Threat Intelligence Group
• Mandiant
• Oracle
• ransomware
• Threats
• Uncategorized

Oracle customers being bombarded with emails claiming widespread data theft

Cyber Scoop October 1, 2025

Oracle customers being bombarded with emails claiming widespread data...

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• Arrest
• Caesars
• casino
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• extortion
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Las Vegas
• MGM
• phishing
• ransomware
• Scattered Spider
• Social engineering

Las Vegas police arrest minor accused of high-profile 2023 casino attacks

Cyber Scoop September 22, 2025

Las Vegas police arrest minor accused of high-profile 2023...

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5 min read

• 764
• children
• crypto
• crypto crime
• cryptocurrency
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• doxxing
• extortion
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• hacker
• hackers
• ransomware
• Scattered Spider
• Sextortion
• The Com
• Threats
• Unit 221B

FBI alerts tie together threats of cybercrime, physical violence from The Com

Cyber Scoop July 28, 2025

FBI alerts tie together threats of cybercrime, physical violence...

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