Ransomware attacks are exploding at a staggering rate, and so are the ransoms being demanded. Now experts are warning against a new threat triple extortion. Ransomeware attackers are expanding out to demand payments from customers, partners and third parties related to the initial breach to grab even more cash for their crimes. The first case of triple extortion in the wild was in October, when a Finnish psychotherapy clinic was breached. Even after the clinic paid the ransom, the attackers threatened patients of the clinic with releasing their therapy session notes unless they too paid up.
Source: https://threatpost.com/ransomwares-swindle-triple-extortion/166149/