An FBI alert and new fraud data by Entrust show criminals are increasingly using AI-generated deepfake videos to escalate kidnapping and extortion scams, raising new risks for consumers and families.

Wake up, there’s more drama on Bravo. Steven McBee of The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys woke up and chose chaos, publishing DMs from a friend that accuse his girlfriend, Allie Eklund, of ...

A new financially motivated hacking group tracked as BlackFile has been linked to a wave of data theft and extortion attacks against retail and hospitality organizations since February 2026. The group ...

“We don’t have red flags. In point of fact, we don’t have yellow flags. We have largely green flags.” So said Marc Lipschultz, the co-CEO of Blue Owl Capital, one of the major purveyors of private ...

Crypto tycoon Justin Sun sued the Trump family’s crypto venture, accusing World Liberty Financial of “criminal extortion” for freezing valuable digital tokens over his refusal to invest more money ...

Just weeks after making history as the first digital asset company to gain direct access to the Federal Reserve's payment infrastructure, cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is fighting an extortion plot ...

The personal life of Rory McIlroy has come under intense scrutiny in recent years, particularly surrounding his marriage to his wife, Erica Stoll. Divorce speculation resurfaced amid the 2026 Masters ...

Crypto exchange Kraken is facing an extortion attempt by a criminal group that threatens to release videos purportedly showing access to internal systems containing client data, the company said ...

The exchange’s head of security said there had been two incidents involving “inappropriate access” to client data, involving about 2,000 user accounts. Kraken’s chief security officer said that the ...

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has issued a directive to Commissioners of Police (CPs) nationwide, ordering an end to extortion, illegal checkpoints, harassment of ...

In February 2026, the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) fell victim to a ransomware attack. The incident took the Epic electronic health record system offline across 35 clinics and more ...