Tootfinder

"Ryan Clifford Goldberg, a former incident response supervisor at Sygnia Consulting Ltd., and Kevin Tyler Martin, who was a ransomware negotiator for DigitalMint, pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy to interfere with commerce by extortion."
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The Danes should file a $100 billion intimidation and extortion lawsuit against this mf.

Lobbyist Arrested in Extortion Attempt of Client Who Received a Trump Pardon (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/us/lobbyist-trump-pardon-extortion-charge.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TFA.tvHb.XrwFEJnmTFhd&smid=nytcore-ios-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260314/p38#a260314p38

This is your periodic reminder that Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein were running an extortion racket, not just peddling underage girls to rich perverts. Now the extortion power sits with the thoroughly crooked Trump administration, which is hiding the names.

Look at the bright side, this lobbyist could use another lobbyist to get his own presidential pardon.
The president is just fine for this cycle of crime-pardon-crime to expand.
#pardons #USA #corruption

Grubhub confirms hackers stole data in recent security breach
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/grubhub-confirms-hackers-stole-data-in-recent-security-breach/

Grubhub confirms hackers stole data in recent security breach
Food delivery platform Grubhub has confirmed a recent data breach after hackers accessed its systems, with sources telling BleepingComputer the company is now facing extortion demands.

"An amorphous extortion group called ShinyHunters contacted Bloomberg News this week claiming they were planning to release a large amount of data stolen from Telus in August in a 'supply chain attack.'"
Canadian Telecom Telus Says It’s Investigating Cyber Breach

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/29/ransomware-negotiations-extortion-cyber-attacks
“S-RM now claims the UK’s largest cyber-incident response team. Its first-responder service is comprised of about 150 experts world…

‘Why should we pay these criminals?’: the hidden world of ransomware negotiations
Cybersecurity experts reveal what they do for high-profile clients targeted by hackers such as Scattered Spider

https://cyberscoop.com/salesforce-experience-cloud-customers-attacks/

Salesforce issues new security alert tied to third customer attack spree in six months
Researchers said the threat group behind the campaign is associated with ShinyHunters, an outfit that’s previously stolen data from Salesforce instances for extortion attempts.

It looks like Wynn actually paid ShinyHunters the $1.5 million ransom, likely allowing them to escape the $100 million-level in costs MGM incurred when refusing to pay a ransom to the same people.
https://www.casino.org/news/wynn-resorts-co…

Wynn Resorts Data Breach Confirmed After Cyberattack
Wynn Resorts has confirmed a breach resulted in 800,000 employee records stolen by hackers, while a ransom payment remains unconfirmed.