Extortion/Blackmail

Bumble, Panera Bread, Crunchbase, Match hit by cyberattacks

Cybersecurity experts have warned about a social engineering campaign targeting American companies.

Jail, caning for married man who posed as ‘sugar daddy’, duping 3 women into having sex with him

Rajwant Singh Gill Narajan Singh, who was married with children, coerced the women into having sex with him while he took on different personas.

Hacking group ShinyHunters threatens to expose premium users of sex site Pornhub

Hacking group ShinyHunters said it has stolen data belonging to premium customers of the leading sex website Pornhub and is threatening to publish it.

South Korea jails woman who blackmailed football star Son: Yonhap

Soccer Football - International Friendly - South Korea v Brazil - Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea - October 10, 2025 South Korea's Son Heung-min during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

16-year-old pretended to be woman to get another teen to perform lewd acts, and extorted him

The now 18-year-old offender pleaded guilty to one count of cheating and one count of extortion on Oct 23.

Protests in Armenia's second-biggest city as mayor detained for bribery

FILE PHOTO: Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attends a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, September 26, 2025. REUTERS/Ramil Sitdikov/Pool/File Photo

British police arrest two over London ransomware of children’s data

The hackers published the names, photos, home addresses and family contact information of 10 children on its dark web portal.

Google says hackers are sending extortion e-mails to executives

The group began sending extortion emails on or before Sept 29, according to Genevieve Stark, head of cybercrime at Google Threat Intelligence Group.

Malaysia grapples with AI legal grey zone as deepfake porn blackmail targets lawmakers

Last year, Malaysia passed the Online Safety Act, which aims to strengthen online safety by focusing on deepfakes, financial scams, and cyberbullying.

Malaysia asks Google for help investigating sex video blackmail threats

BUTTERWORTH, 14 Sept -- Menteri Komunikasi Datuk Fahmi Fadzil memberi penerangan ketika sidang media selepas meninjau Projek Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) di Rumah Keluarga Angkatan Tentera (RKAT) di sini hari ini.

Fahmi berkata FTTH di Rumah Keluarga Angkatan Tentera di seluruh negara dijadual siap sepenuhnya menjelang Mei 2027.

Beliau berkata buat masa ini, kerja-kerja pelaksanaan sedang giat dijalankan dengan memberi keutamaan kepada beberapa kem tentera utama termasuk Pengkalan Udara Butterworth dan Pengkalan Udara Serdang.

Turut bersama Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian Komunikasi Datuk Seri Mohamad Fauzi Md Isa dan Pengarah Urusan MCMC Abdul Karim Fakir Ali.

--fotoBERNAMA (2025) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

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