Category: Extortion
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Pair Charged For Impersonating Police Officers To Extort Victims – eCrimeBytes Nibble #7
Here is a recent arrest that is worth watching. This is an interesting twist where the intruders, allegedly part of the “ViLE” group, used powerful law enforcement only databases to target their…
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eCrimeBytes S 1 Ep 8: Cyberstalking Behind A Badge In Louisville, KY
This episode we look at the Louisville, KY police department where an officer’s use of a law enforcement only database to stalk his female victims opens up a whole series of departmental…
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Officer Arrested For Hacking Into Woman’s Social Media Accounts And Posting Her Nudes
An officer was suspended and arrested after hacking into a woman’s social media accounts, stealing her nudes, and posting them to her contacts: https://bronx.news12.com/mount-laurel-officer-suspended-from-force-accused-of-hacking-into-womans-social-media-accounts Officer Ayron Taylor was arrested earlier this month.…
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Vastaamo Compromise Suspect Caught In France
An update to my blog yesterday: Most notable was the method in which he was caught: But as documented by KrebsOnSecurity in November 2022, security experts soon discovered Ransom Man had mistakenly included…
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Animal Hospital Ex-Employee Arrested For Extortion, Cyberstalking
The ex-employee also left messages on the animal hospital’s work phone, police said. In the messages, Figueroa allegedly said “I vow to tear her kingdom down to rubble,” “She made herself an…
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Extorting Patients of Vastaamo, An Online Psychotherapy Service
It’s unfortunate the details are scarce on this case, as it would make a good eCrimeBytes episode. A Finnish man was blamed for an attack at an online psychotherapy service named Vastaamo:…