In 2024, the threat of fraud victimization and online extortion has changed dramatically through the criminal use of computers, cryptocurrency exchanges, the arrival of artificial intelligence, and ...

I’ve written about spam emails and what to do when you receive them. Report the message to reportfraud.ftc.gov, which is the site to report attempted fraud to the Federal Trade Commission. Jim Rossman ...

Vummadi, an IIT-Kharagpur alumnus, took to social media to claim that a “small group of individuals” had illegally accessed ...

STATEWIDE–State Police say you need to be aware of a common email extortion scam that’s going around. Cybercrime detectives say this one has been happening repetitively for the last couple of months. ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — D.C. police are warning residents of an email extortion scheme that has been going around lately. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said fraudsters have been emailing ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. INDIANAPOLIS — If you’ve received an email ...

(TNS) — A new warning from federal officials cautions users to beware of a dangerous ransomware scheme that can attack your computer systems via a simple email. The ransomware software called Medusa ...

NEWS THIS MORNING. A NEW EXTORTION SCAM IS PREYING ON FEAR. EMAILS ARE GOING AROUND WISCONSIN WITH THE SENDER CLAIMING TO HAVE COMPROMISING INFORMATION OF YOU AND DEMANDS THOUSANDS IN BITCOIN. SO THEY ...

Indiana State Police Detectives have recently received an increase in reports of a common email extortion scam. Each of these scam attempts include similar tactics and target a victim by including the ...

Hyundai Group faced evacuation after receiving a Bitcoin ransom threat via email, with police confirming no explosives were ...

Gilbert police are warning residents about a new scam in which a person receives an email where the sender claims they've hacked into their devices through spyware and threatens to release recordings ...

Nearly 2.4 million patients of Oklahoma City-based Integris Health were caught up in a data breach where the alleged hackers sent extortion emails directly to some of them. The health system reported ...