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Scammers are targeting plastic surgery clinics with extortion scams

By Team TeachToday October 19, 2023Tech NewsNo Comments

[ad_1] Cybercriminals are targeting plastic surgery offices with ransomware, and are using stolen sensitive information to pressure the businesses into paying the ransom demands. Organizations and their workers are urged…

Only a handful of hackers are responsible for all email extortion attacks

By lewis.maddison@futurenet.com (Lewis Maddison) July 16, 2023Tech NewsNo Comments

[ad_1] A remarkably small number of cybercriminals are reportedly responsible for all the world's email extortion attempts, new research has claimed. Security firm Barracuda Networks, in partnership with Columbia University, looked…