Category: extortion

Tesla worked with the FBI to block a million dollar ransomware attack

Post author By Randall
Post date August 27, 2020
Categories In arrested, attack, doj, extortion, fbi, gear, gigafactory, malware, nevada, News, ransomware, russian, Tech, Tesla

[ad_1] The employee immediately informed Tesla, and the company contacted the FBI, which launched a sting operation. Agents arrested Kriuchkov in Los Angeles as he was attempting to leave the US. As Electrek points out, during the sting operation, FBI agents obtained info about previous attacks led by Kriuchkov’s associates. They didn’t confirm which companies […]

Extortionists threaten sites with bad traffic to make Google ban ads

Post author By Randall
Post date February 18, 2020
Categories In adsense, bad traffic, ddos, extortion, fraud, gear, Google, Internet, Tech

[ad_1] The emails have the kind of bad grammar and threatening tone that you’d expect. “Very soon the warning notice from above will appear at the dashboard of your AdSense account undoubtedly,” it states. “This will happen due to the fact that we’re about to flood your site with huge amount of direct bot generated […]

YouTube sues user who extorted others through fake takedown requests

Post author By Randall
Post date August 20, 2019
Categories In av, bitcoin, bogus, business, christopher brady, copyright, copyright infringement, digital millennium copyright act, dmca, Entertainment, extortion, false, gear, Google, Internet, lawsuit, minecraft, notices, swat, swatting, takedown, Tech, Youtube, youtubers

[ad_1] According to Ars Technica, Brady made the false claims against three well-known Minecraft streamers. He then demanded they make payments of $150 to $300 via PayPal (or $75 to $200 in bitcoin). If they refused, he threatened to make a third copyright claim, which could get their accounts terminated. One of the targeted YouTubers […]