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Threat Actors Target Ledger Data Breach Victims in New Extortion Campaign

Cybercriminals are capitalizing on victims of the Ledger data leak from July 2020. A new extortion campaign threatens users financial and emotional well-being. Threat actors use various BTC wallets to create distinctive extortion emails that bypass spam filters. The extortionist gives targets a 24-hour window to translate and transfer the funds. Threat actor will register to sites containing sexually explicit materials with minors using the personally identifiable information from the data leak, including your email address and name.”]

Source: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/threat-actors-target-ledger-data-breach-victims-in-new-extortion-campaign/

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