Meaning of double extortion | Babel Free

Definitions

A cybercrime tactic wherein attackers exfiltrate and encrypt sensitive data, then threaten to publish it unless the victim pays a ransom.

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Examples

“Analysis of the hacker group’s operations in recent months shows that it has pivoted away from double extortion methods due to the emergence of publicly available decryptor tools, such as those released by Avast.”

CEFR level