Canadian and U.S. authorities laid out sweeping allegations of racketeering, extortion and murder against a trio of ...

Extortion appears to be increasing in Honduras as smaller gangs fill the gap left by larger groups who are retreating from the criminal economy. At the same time, arrests for extortion are falling, ...

Cyber extortion continues to proliferate with an unprecedented number of threat actors and a 77% year-on-year growth in cyber extortion victims, according to Orange Cyberdefense (OCD). In its ...

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Anthropic revealed that a cybercriminal abused its agentic artificial intelligence coding tool to automate a large-scale data theft and extortion campaign, marking a "new evolution" in how threat ...

There has been a concerning rise in threatening calls and extortion requests aimed at Indian celebrities. From Salman Khan to Ranveer Singh, numerous Bollywood stars have been targeted have been ...

Reports of extortion are rising again in Peru, suggesting the crime is becoming increasingly common and victims are more willing to seek help from the authorities. Peruvian police received 3,921 ...