extortion
-
Cybersecurity and Privacy
U.S. Army Soldier Sentenced to Nearly Six Years in Federal Prison for Massive Telecommunications Hacks and Extortion Schemes
Cameron John Wagenius, a 22-year-old active-duty U.S. Army soldier stationed in South Korea, has been sentenced in a Seattle federal…
Read More » -
Cybersecurity and Privacy
ShinyHunters Extortion Gang Bypasses Web Application Firewalls Using URL-Encoding to Renew Mass Exploitation of Oracle PeopleSoft Vulnerability
The notorious ShinyHunters cyber extortion syndicate has returned to the digital spotlight with a sophisticated evasion technique designed to circumvent…
Read More » -
Cybersecurity and Privacy
U.S. Army Soldier Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison for Massive Telecom Hacking and Extortion Campaign Targeting AT&T
A federal court in Seattle has sentenced a 22-year-old active-duty U.S. Army soldier to 70 months in federal prison for…
Read More » -
Cybersecurity and Privacy
Ex-U.S. Army Soldier Sentenced to Nearly Six Years in Federal Prison for Massive Telecommunications Hacks and Extortion Schemes
A federal judge in Seattle has sentenced a 22-year-old former United States Army soldier to 70 months in federal prison…
Read More » -
Cybersecurity and Privacy
Canadian Hacker Behind Massive Snowflake and AT&T Data Extortion Schemes Pleads Guilty in U.S. Federal Court
The landscape of modern enterprise cybersecurity was fundamentally shaken in 2024 by a series of high-profile data breaches that exposed…
Read More »
