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Extortionists target Web bookies with child porn threats

Child pornography is the latest weapon being wielded by web-based extortionists who are targetting online betting firms with denial of service blackmail threats... Read more

27 October, 2004 by Andy McCue and Dan Ilett

Cyber-extortionists 'cost UK bookmakers £40m

A gang of alleged cyber-extortionists arrested in Russia last week are accused of costing UK online bookmakers... Read more

30 July, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Thousands of companies are paying off online extortionists

SANS conference: Despite the numbers of companies involved, victims are too embarassed to report the crime, says a UK security expert Read more

8 October, 2004 by Dan Ilet

Open-source gurus slam SCO

...to improve his view of the Utah-based company. "Now they are extortionists," Torvalds said in an email interview. In addition, he took issue with... Read more

1 August, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

News Burst: Banks hit by high-tech extortion

Banks and other financial institutions have been targeted by high-tech extortionists, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) confirmed Monday. The ICC said it... Read more

20 September, 1999 by Will Knight

Police play down Grand National hack threat

The UK National Hi-Tech Crime Unit says the chances of extortionists disrupting betting on this weekend's big horse race are a long... Read more

31 March, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

'Biggest data leak ever' hits Japanese ISP

4.5 million user details exposed - couple of alleged extortionists arrested The biggest data leak ever has officially hit the internet, with... Read more

27 February, 2004 by Jo Best

FBI used spyware to capture hackers, hitmen

...secret form of spyware in a series of investigations designed to apprehend extortionists, database-deleting hackers, child molesters and hitmen, according to documents obtained by... Read more

20 April, 2009 by Declan McCullagh
Lavasoft Personal Firewall (32-bit) 3.0

Lavasoft Personal Firewall (32-bit) 3.0

...free from intrusive Internet worms, Trojan horses, hijackers, cyber thieves, or online extortionists. Version 3.0 features: improved host protection monitoring and blocking data theft... Read more

2 April, 2008
Lavasoft Personal Firewall (64-bit) 3.0

Lavasoft Personal Firewall (64-bit) 3.0

...free from intrusive Internet worms, Trojan horses, hijackers, cyber thieves, or online extortionists. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com Read more

2 April, 2008

I, Mr. Abdul Tawala Alishtari trust the CEC Charity unincorporated assn 6D

Part 6D As I reflect in my journal upon the previous parts, I trust the Charitable Endowment Council, or CEC,... Read more

24 January, 2007

'Storm Worm' slithers on

...likely be hired out for spamming, adware propagation, or be sold to extortionists to launch distributed denial-of-service attacks. The recent trend has been... Read more

22 January, 2007 by Tom Espiner

William Hill ups its game against hackers

...betting industry faces an ongoing battle in the fight against hackers and extortionists, according to William Hill's IT chief. In the latest of our... Read more

5 October, 2006 by Andy McCue

Malware's next trick

...hour to those who want to carry out cheap mass-mailing campaigns. Extortionists may also rent them to launch DDoS attacks on legitimate Web sites... Read more

18 April, 2006 by Ron Condon

Online extortion victim speaks out

...to continually check he's leaving no door open for the Russian extortionists to return. Malik reported the attack to Scotland Yard but as yet... Read more

31 May, 2005 by Will Sturgeon

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