By Wendy Shore on March 31, 2021

‘We have your porn collection’: The rise of extortion ware

Cyber-security companies are warning about the rise of so-called ‘extortionware’ where hackers embarrass victims into paying a ransom.

Experts say the trend towards ransoming sensitive private information could affect companies not just operationally but through reputation damage.

It comes as hackers bragged after discovering an IT Director’s secret porn collection.

The targeted US firm has not publicly acknowledged that it was hacked.

Photo by Alejandro Mendoza on Unsplash

Published by Wendy Shore March 31, 2021