Ransom articles

Retailer attempts to extort extra money for RTX 5080, backs down after online backlash

A hot potato: In yet another demonstration of the RTX 5080's scarcity, a Taiwanese buyer faced an unexpected dilemma when a retailer temporarily refused to release his purchased graphics card unless he paid an additional sum. This shouldn't come as a surprise: the extreme shortage of RTX 50 series graphics cards resulted in multi-day queues for raffle entries, rampant scalping, and retailers bundling cards with other products at inflated prices.

Hackers claim responsibility for Western Digital data breach, My Cloud is back online after outage

Canadian lab pays ransom to retrieve stolen data of 15 million customers

Hackers are holding Cyberpunk 2077 files for ransom, developer is not negotiating

Hackers threaten to leak upcoming 'Pirates of the Caribbean' film unless ransom is paid

Hackers demand Apple pay ransom or they'll remotely wipe iDevices

Hackers are holding data from internet-connected Teddy bears for ransom

Ransomware attacks on the rise, U.S. firms less likely to pay up

Vicious new ransomware available on dark web for just $39

This porn app snaps photos of its users to aid ransom attempt

Hacker infiltrates Plex server, holds compromised data at ransom

Evernote, Feedly hit by distributed denial of service attack

Hackers using Find My iPhone feature to hold Apple devices for ransom

Hackers extorting money out of tech startups in exchange for protection from DDoS attacks

Hackers hold patient medical records for ransom, demand $4,200