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Encryption-based extortion

Extortion indicators

Definition

The extortion activity involved unauthorized encryption of systems or data, with restoration or decryption conditioned on payment.

6 incidents7 organizations
6 incidents
7 organizations

Connected registry data

These connections are derived from the public incidents and organizations in this page’s scope.

Operational impacts

24 values

Service effects recorded on related incidents

Locations

21 values

Incident impacts and related organization locations

Extortion indicators

11 values

Extortion evidence recorded on related incidents

Threat groups in related incidents

5 values

Derived through public incident claims

Attack mechanisms

5 values

Mechanisms recorded on related incidents

Incident status

4 values

Current status of related incidents

Data impacts

4 values

Data effects recorded on related incidents

DD-CIT assessments

3 values

Transparency assessments of related incidents

Ransomware confidence

2 values

Ransomware assessment of related incidents

Attribution confidence

2 values

Actor attribution assessment

Threat actor types

1 value

Classifications of related threat groups

Incident confidence

1 value

Assessment confidence of related incidents

Cyber assessment

1 value

Current assessment of whether incidents are cyber-related