Extortion: Difference between revisions

'''Cyber extortion''' is when an individual or group uses the internet as an offensive force to demand money or something else.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sulkowski|first=Adam J.|title=Cyber-Extortion: Duties and Liabilities Related to the Elephant in the Server Room|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228243486_Cyber-Extortion_Duties_and_Liabilities_Related_to_the_Elephant_in_the_Server_Room|journal=SSRN Electronic Journal|volume=2007|pages=101-144}}</ref> The group or individual usually sends a company a threatening email stating that they have received confidential information about their company and will exploit a security leak or launch an attack that will harm the company's network. The message sent through the email usually demands money in exchange for the prevention of the attack.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.webreference.com/internet/security/ |title=Computer Security Ethics and Privacy |access-date=2016-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011203948/http://www.webreference.com/internet/security/ |archive-date=2011-10-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://dailyglobe.com/61817/brand-coms-mike-zammuto-discusses-meetup-com-extortion/ |title=Brand.com's Mike Zammuto Discusses Meetup.com Extortion |publisher=Dailyglobe.com |date=2014-03-05 |access-date=2014-03-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140412021812/http://dailyglobe.com/61817/brand-coms-mike-zammuto-discusses-meetup-com-extortion/ |archive-date=2014-04-12 }}</ref>