Penalties for Extortion. Extortion is generally a felony offense. It is commonly punished by fines and/or imprisonment. Fines for a conviction of this offense can vary but may be as high as $10,000 or more per each conviction. Prison terms can be as high as 20 years. If convicted, you may also be required to pay restitution to the victim and
The country recorded a total of over 3.6 thousand cases of cyber crimes motivated by extortion that year. These crimes came under the purview of numerous sections of the Indian Penal Code under
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In this National Cyber Threat Assessment, we identified trends within the threat landscape and the evolving cyber threat activities faced by Canadian individuals and organizations. Canadians’ adoption of new technology and Internet-connected devices will usher in new threats.
Ransomware is a type of malicious software that encrypts files and data on a device, rendering the information unretrievable and unusable to the de Cybersecurity and Incident Response Webinar This recorded webinar provides best practices for schools and districts that are looking to build or enhance their cyber incident response capabili
Multi-extortion ransomware, sometimes called multifaceted extortion, uses multiple layers of attack to persuade victims to pay a ransom to the attacker. In addition to encrypting files, this type of cybersecurity attack might include additional attack methods, such as file exfiltration, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks or extending
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types of cyber extortion