Ransom

Class 6 boy flees uncle's home, asks father to collect him in '5 minutes', dad approaches cops after mishearing 'Rs 5 lakh ransom'

The incident initially appeared to be a case of kidnapping, but later it turned out that the child had left home on his own and made the call to his parents.

Bihar: 7-year-old boy abducted for ransom found dead in West Champaran

In another shocking incident, a seven-year-old boy abducted for ransom was found dead on Friday in Bihar's West Champaran district, police said.

Underground hacker forum gets hacked; hackers demand $50,000 in ransom

According to other text included in the ransom demand, the hacker also appeared to have carried out the hack out of revenge.

WannaCry ransomware cripples Delhi publishing firm; demands up to $1000 ransom in bitcoin

A publishing firm in New Delhi has fallen victim to the WannaCry ransomware which crippled thousands of computer systems across the world back in May.

British model abducted, offered for sale on pornography sites and then released for unknown reason

A young British model was drugged, hustled away in a suitcase and handcuffed in a house in northern Italy before being released, Milan police said Saturday.

Wipro increases security as email threatens of biochemical attack and demands Rs 500 crore as bitcoins

Software major Wipro stepped up security at all its offices following an e-mail threat to send a toxic drug to its campus here, the company said on Saturday.

Ransomware: Over 27,000 databases managed by MongoDB held to ransom; 99,000 still vulnerable

Tens of thousands of online databases have been breached by what appears to be a single hacker or group of hackers. The databases in question appear to be managed by MongoDB, a database application.

Prosecutor's office paid about $1,400 in Bitcoin as ransom to free its network

A state prosecutor's office in Pennsylvania was among hundreds of thousands of victims of a now-shuttered international cyber crime operation, paying nearly $1,400 in a bitcoin ransom to free up its infected computer network, authorities disclosed Monday.

Don't pay up, but report ransomware incidents to CERT and law enforcement agencies: Advisory

The Centre has issued a special advisory on ‘Ransomware’, a malware designed to block access to a computer system until money is paid, asking people not to pay ransom.

Singer Arijit Singh gets extortion call from gangster Ravi Pujari

Popular Hindi film singer Arijit Singh on Monday claimed he received an extortion call from gangster Ravi Pujari, who demanded a "ridiculous amount of money".