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• ALPHV
• BlackCat
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• DigitalMint
• extortion
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• guilty
• hacking
• incident response
• insurance
• ransomware
• ransomware negotiation
• ransomware payments
• Threats

Former DigitalMint ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to extortion scheme

Cyber Scoop April 21, 2026

Former DigitalMint ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to extortion scheme...

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• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• extortion
• guilty
• Justice Department
• phishing
• Scattered Spider
• SIM swapping
• Spain
• The Com
• Unit 221B
• United Kingdom (U.K.)

Scottish man pleads guilty to attack spree that created Scattered Spider’s notoriety

Cyber Scoop April 21, 2026

Scottish man pleads guilty to attack spree that created...

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• Akira
• BianLian
• botnet
• business email compromise (BEC)
• critical infrastructure
• crypto
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• data breach
• data breaches
• extortion
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Financial services
• Government
• health care
• IC3
• INC
• investment scams
• Malware
• manufacturing
• Money
• phishing
• PLAY
• Qilin
• ransomware
• Research
• Sextortion
• SIM swapping
• Tech support scams
• Threats

Cybercrime losses jumped 26% to $20.9 billion in 2025

Cyber Scoop April 7, 2026

Cybercrime losses jumped 26% to $20.9 billion in 2025...

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3 min read

• 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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• 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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