Security Industry Hackers claim responsibility for Western Digital data breach, My Cloud is back online after outage Attackers claim to have personal data and executives' contact information By Daniel Sims, April 13, 2023, 9:21 PM
Security Canadian lab pays ransom to retrieve stolen data of 15 million customers 85,000 of LifeLabs' test results were also compromised By Rob Thubron, December 18, 2019, 6:45 AM
Gaming Hackers are holding Cyberpunk 2077 files for ransom, developer is not negotiating We could be seeing some major spoilers coming for this game soon By Cal Jeffrey, June 8, 2017, 4:00 PM 10 comments
Security Tech Culture Hackers threaten to leak upcoming 'Pirates of the Caribbean' film unless ransom is paid By Shawn Knight, May 16, 2017, 7:00 AM 18 comments
Apple Security Hackers demand Apple pay ransom or they'll remotely wipe iDevices By Shawn Knight, March 22, 2017, 12:00 PM 16 comments
Security Electronics Hackers are holding data from internet-connected Teddy bears for ransom More than 800,000 accounts and 2,000,000 voice recordings were available online without a password By William Gayde, March 1, 2017, 7:30 AM
Security Ransomware attacks on the rise, U.S. firms less likely to pay up By Jose Vilches, August 3, 2016, 4:00 PM
Security Vicious new ransomware available on dark web for just $39 By Rob Thubron, July 15, 2016, 12:45 PM
Mobile Security This porn app snaps photos of its users to aid ransom attempt By Shawn Knight, September 7, 2015, 6:00 PM 17 comments
Security The Web Hacker infiltrates Plex server, holds compromised data at ransom By Shawn Knight, July 3, 2015, 2:45 PM
Security The Web Evernote, Feedly hit by distributed denial of service attack By Himanshu Arora, June 11, 2014, 11:00 AM
Apple Security Hackers using Find My iPhone feature to hold Apple devices for ransom By Justin Kahn, May 27, 2014, 1:30 PM 8 comments
The Web Industry Hackers extorting money out of tech startups in exchange for protection from DDoS attacks By Himanshu Arora, April 7, 2014, 10:45 AM
Security Hackers hold patient medical records for ransom, demand $4,200 By Shawn Knight, December 12, 2012, 8:30 AM 9 comments