Hackers are increasingly holding data for ransom, demanding everything from bitcoins to the shutdown of nuclear reactors, under the threat of leaking sensitive information. The rise in targeted extortion attacks parallels a similar racket: the steady increase in PC-freezing ransomware attacks. But it’s not clear how many such attacks generate revenue for attackers. One hacker crew called Rex Mundi – Latin for “king of the world” – now says it has breached French diagnostic laboratory. The group says it will release the lab results, unless Labio pays its 20,000 ransom demand by 4 p.m. French time on March 17.”]
Source: https://www.databreachtoday.com/hackers-wield-extortion-a-8016