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#Extortion

All CosmicBytez Labs articles tagged #Extortion, across news, security advisories, how-to guides, and projects.

  • NewsMay 28, 2026

    Carnival Cruise Confirms Data Breach Affecting Nearly 6 Million People

    Carnival Corporation, the world's largest cruise operator, confirms a breach affecting nearly 6M people after ShinyHunters' April 2026 extortion claim.

  • NewsMay 18, 2026

    7-Eleven Data Breach Confirmed After ShinyHunters Ransom

    7-Eleven has confirmed a data breach after ShinyHunters claimed to have stolen more than 600,000 Salesforce records containing personal information and...

  • NewsMay 18, 2026

    Grafana Says Stolen GitHub Token Let Hackers Steal Codebase

    Grafana Labs confirmed that hackers downloaded its source code after breaching its GitHub environment using a stolen access token. The attackers attempted...

  • NewsMay 17, 2026

    Grafana GitHub Token Breach Led to Codebase Download and

    Grafana has disclosed that an unauthorized party obtained a GitHub access token, used it to download the company's entire codebase, and then attempted...

  • NewsMay 12, 2026

    Instructure Reaches Ransom Agreement with ShinyHunters to

    Educational technology company Instructure, parent of Canvas LMS, has reached an undisclosed 'agreement' with the ShinyHunters extortion group after a...

  • NewsMay 10, 2026

    Canvas Breach Disrupts Schools & Colleges Nationwide

    A data extortion attack against Canvas LMS defaced login pages with a ransom demand, disrupting classes and coursework at school districts and...

  • NewsMay 10, 2026

    Canvas Login Portals Hacked in Mass ShinyHunters Extortion

    ShinyHunters has struck education technology giant Instructure again, exploiting a fresh vulnerability to deface Canvas login portals across hundreds of...

  • NewsApr 25, 2026

    New BlackFile Extortion Group Linked to Surge of Vishing

    A newly tracked financially motivated threat group called BlackFile has been conducting data theft and extortion campaigns against retail and hospitality...

  • NewsApr 24, 2026

    ADT Confirms Data Breach After ShinyHunters Leak Threat

    Home security giant ADT has confirmed a data breach after the ShinyHunters extortion group threatened to publish stolen data unless a ransom is paid,...

  • NewsApr 21, 2026

    Former DigitalMint Ransomware Negotiator Pleads Guilty to

    Angelo Martino, a former ransomware payment negotiator for DigitalMint, has pleaded guilty to helping accomplish extort $75.3 million in ransom from five...

  • NewsJan 23, 2026

    Nike Hit by Data Breach: 1.4 TB of Supply Chain Data Leaked

    WorldLeaks extortion group claims responsibility for a data breach on Nike, allegedly exposing 1.4 terabytes of internal data including supply chain and...