Topic: ransom extortion

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  • Checkout.com donates ransom to charity after data breach
    November 15, 2025
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    Checkout.com donates ransom to charity after data breach

    Checkout.com experienced a data breach when the ShinyHunters cybercrime group accessed a legacy cloud storage system, but the company has refused to pay the ransom. The compromised data includes internal documents and customer onboarding materials from 2020 and earlier, affecting a minority of cu...

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  • Crimson Collective Hackers Breach AWS for Data Theft
    October 10, 2025
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    Crimson Collective Hackers Breach AWS for Data Theft

    The Crimson Collective is a hacking group infiltrating AWS infrastructures to steal sensitive data and extort organizations, as seen in a breach at Red GitLab repositories. Attackers compromise AWS using exposed credentials and tools like TruffleHog, then escalate privileges to gain administrativ...

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