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• Armenia
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Ryuk ransomware operator extradited to US, faces five years in federal prison

Cyber Scoop July 16, 2025

Ryuk ransomware operator extradited to US, faces five years...

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• Arrest
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Former Army soldier pleads guilty to widespread attack spree linked to AT&T, Snowflake and others

Cyber Scoop July 15, 2025

Former Army soldier pleads guilty to widespread attack spree...

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• cybercrime
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• Google
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Salesforce customers duped by series of social-engineering attacks

Cyber Scoop June 4, 2025

Salesforce customers duped by series of social-engineering attacks |...

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• crypto
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• extortion
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• ransomware

Coinbase flips $20M extortion demand into bounty for info on attackers

Cyber Scoop May 16, 2025

Coinbase flips $20M extortion demand into bounty for info...

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• credential theft
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• Cybersecurity
• data breaches
• Data theft
• Education
• extortion
• ransomware
• stolen credentials
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PowerSchool customers hit by downstream extortion threats

Cyber Scoop May 7, 2025

PowerSchool customers hit by downstream extortion threats | CyberScoop...

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• cybercrime
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• Data theft
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• encryption
• extortion
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• ransomware
• Ukraine

Ukrainian extradited to US for alleged Nefilim ransomware attack spree

Cyber Scoop May 1, 2025

Ukrainian extradited to US for alleged Nefilim ransomware attack...

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• 764
• cybercrime
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• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• extortion
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Sextortion
• The Com
• Threats
• Unit 221B

Leaders of 764, global child sextortion group, arrested and charged

Cyber Scoop May 1, 2025

Leaders of 764, global child sextortion group, arrested and...

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• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• extortion
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Healthcare
• ransomware
• Threats

Ransomware poseurs are trying to extort businesses through physical letters

Cyber Scoop March 7, 2025

Ransomware poseurs are trying to extort businesses through physical...

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• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Data theft
• encryption
• extortion
• incident response
• Palo Alto Networks
• ransomware
• Research
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• Uncategorized
• Unit 42

Threat actors are increasingly trying to grind business to a halt

Cyber Scoop February 25, 2025

Threat actors are increasingly trying to grind business to...

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• cybercrime
• extortion
• Microsoft
• ransomware
• Threats

Ransomware encryption down amid surge of attacks, Microsoft says

Cyber Scoop October 15, 2024

Ransomware encryption down amid surge of attacks, Microsoft says...

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