Ransom! knewin.com (MAR-2026) ALP-001 claims to have breached knewin.com, a Brazil-based media analytics and intelligence company, with a deadline of 2026-04-03 23:57:50 for the extortion demand. The claim cites revenues of $52.5 million and 176.5 GB of data allegedly affected in this incident. #Brazil

ALP-001 claims to have breached Brazil-based media analytics firm knewin.com, targeting 176.5 GB of data and $52.5M in revenue. Extortion deadline set for April 3, 2026. #Brazil #DataBreach #Extortion

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#trump #witkoff #crypto #ponzi #scheme #bribery #extortion #racket

Ransomware's Real Threat: Not the Ransom, the Extortion Ransomware attacks surged 50% in 2025, but payments dropped 8%. The real danger isn't encryption—it's double and triple extortion tactics powered by AI.

Encryption's the distraction. The real play is leverage—and AI just made it scalable.

Ransomware's Real Threat: Not the Ransom, the Extortion Ransomware attacks surged 50% in 2025, but payments dropped 8%. The real danger isn't encryption—it's double and triple extortion tactics powered by AI.

Turns out locking your data was never the business model—selling it is.

Soooo....some decided to spoof my email to cyber extort me. Here is the email I received. Obviously the deadline has passed. I don't read emails like nor do I respond to threats. #cybercrime #extortion #cybersecurity

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The documents obtained by NYT include confidential #State Department correspondence & a funding memo, which connects the money transfer [#bribe] to the #Cameroon #deportation arrangement. The files, coupled with confirmation from officials, reveal how the #US government used financial pressure […]

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I got an extortion email from this address

johngreen67947@gmail.com
To:
dougiec3
There was a threat to expose me masturbating with my friends and family to who knows what on tv and this:

" The only way to prevent further damage is to pay exactly $800 in Bitcoin (BTC).
My Bitcoin (BTC) wallet […]

#Extortion

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Smashing Security podcast #460: Never knock on the door of a nuclear submarine base and ask for a selfie A disgruntled data analyst decides that the best response to losing his contract is to steal...

#Data #loss #Law #& #order #Podcast #Security #threats […]

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What?!? #Extortion!

Exclusive: #US links #security guarantees to #Ukraine giving up #Donbas, #Zelensky says

The US is making its ​offer of security guarantees for a peace deal in Ukraine conditional on Kyiv ceding all of the country's eastern region of Donbas to #Russia, President Volodymyr […]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOJO... Cambodia aims to shut down all online scam centres by the end of April #cambodia #onlinescams #onlinescamcentres #romancescams #moneyscams #financialscams #extortion #humantrafficking #crackdown #cambodioshuttingdownscamcentres

“You know what that’s called outside of a textbook? A cult.”
– Erika Jordan, Sociologist
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#GoldenCalf #PathologicalLying

Pathological lying may be caused by extortion.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathological_lying
#EpsteinFiles #Extortion

Infinite Campus says Salesforce account intrusion led to customer service shutdowns in Minnesota Infinite Campus says a Salesforce account intrusion led to precautionary customer service shutdowns as districts reported outages.

Infinite Campus says Salesforce account intrusion led to customer service shutdowns in Minnesota #InfiniteCampus #DataBreach #Extortion #Minnesota #Salesforce #ServiceDisruption dysruptionhub.com/infinite-campus-intrusio...

DOJ sues Harvard in bid to recoup federal grants, cut off future access In Friday court filings, the Trump administration again accused the university of failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students from antisemitism and harassment.

You can’t spell #extortion without tort, which Harvard and other universities should file against this administration, including individuals by name, starting with the orange dunce at the top. www.highereddive.com/news/doj-sue...

#Monsters #extortion

#Extortion is his only gear.

Why is a closet gay man from SC (w/ no kids) wanting to sacrifice our 🇺🇸 kids for an unnecessary war?

I know; the pics that #Trump has on #LG are atrociously bad & would automatically send him to jail or be impeached by his own constituents

#Extortion is #TrumpsMO w/ Love From Putin/Russia.

Great, an angry, desperate #convict #President trying to stay out of jail and prone to #blackmail and #extortion, is ordering his flying monkeys he pardoned from violent, #CapitolAttack, election interference charges to check for #Bombs and contraband at #Airports.

#TSA #Trump #MAGA #GOP #Politics

Great, an angry, desperate #convict #President trying to stay out of jail and prone to #blackmail and #extortion is ordering his flying monkeys he pardoned from violent, #CapitolAttack, election interference charges to check for #bombs and contraband at #airports.

Paymentprovider Nexi snijdt FSF Europe af van donaties na dataconflict De Free Software Foundation Europe raakt inkomsten van vaste donateurs kwijt doordat betalingsprovider Nexi het contract ineens heeft opgezegd. Regelmatige donaties via credit- en debitcards komen daa...

#Nexi wanted private info of citizens who gave donations to #FSF #Europe and when the FSF refused to give them that Nexi blocked payments & donations to Free Software #Foundation tweakers.net/nieuws/24598... #blackmail #extortion #InterPol

#Negotiation is NOT the Same as #Extortion

FBI downs 4 Botnets: Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, Mossad
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#botnets #ddos #hackers #extortion #crimeasaservice #arrests #usa #germany #canada

Seeing as how #Americans memories are short where #trump is concerned..

#RobertMueller #Russia #Trump-Putin #RussiaCollusion #Ukraine #GOP #Extortion

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Trump administration sues Harvard, saying it violated civil rights law and seeking to recover funds The Justice Department has filed a new lawsuit against Harvard University, accusing it of failing to address antisemitism on campus.

#Extortion, plain and simple. More from the authoritarian playbook. apnews.com/article/trum...

Need to meet a #linkedinfluencer who is into findom #wallstreet #extortion

No, that’s too much #publicity #scrutiny
He would have made #bank & #extortion grift off #brokering the #dirtydeals

South Asian extortion investigation in Alberta leads to 2 men deported from Canada | Globalnews.ca The Edmonton Police Service said it began to see a small resurgence in alleged extortion incidents after Project Gaslight concluded in 2024.

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South Asian extortion investigation in Alberta leads to 2 men deported from Canada

#abpoli #ableg #Alberta #Canada #extortion #edmonton
#yeg #deported #CBSA #police #EPS #SouthAsian
#ProjectGaslight #Singh #Sandu #organizedcrime

This shit with #GinaRinehart #NorthbackHoldings needs massive exposure... #Grift #UCPFAILURE #DanielleSmith #BetrayalAndExploitation #NoToCoal #GrassyMountainProject #TheTyee #abpoli #cdnpoli #extortion #foreignInvestmentGoneBad #BetrayalByUCP #AlbertaTaxPayers

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North Carolina tech worker found guilty of insider attack netting $2.5M ransom Cameron Nicholas Curry, also known as “Loot,” stole a trove of corporate data from a D.C.-based tech company as hi...

#Cybercrime #Cybersecurity #cybercrime #data #breaches #data […]

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