Find out the common types of cyber extortion, the impacts of these incidents, and how to respond and prevent them in the first place.

Following their Salesforce attacks last year, the cybercrime group has broadened its targeting and gotten more aggressive with extortion tactics.

It starts with a letter, phone call, or a text message — an anonymous figure demands cash, usually from a business owner, threatening their safety and livelihood unless they pay. It often ends with ...

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