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Hackers Offer Bitcoin for Extortion Help in New Scheme

A cybercrime collective has initiated an unusual crowdsourced extortion campaign, offering Bitcoin rewards to anyone who helps pressure their alleged victims. The group encourages followers to email and harass senior executives at targeted companies, demanding ransom payments to prevent data from being published on their new leak site. While the criminals claim to have breached a major CRM provider, the company asserts its platform was not compromised, attributing the incident to a vulnerable third-party integration. This novel tactic of outsourcing harassment comes amid doubts about the group's credibility, fueled by poor grammar in their communications and a recent, short-lived announcement of their retirement. The group's claims remain unsubstantiated as they attempt this new method to coerce payments from dozens of listed organizations.

Latest mentioned: 10-07
Earliest mentioned: 10-06

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