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Pune: Parvati police have registered an extortion case against two persons after Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Shivaji Gadade Patil alleged that they demanded ₹10 lakh from him and threatened to kill him. The complaint was filed a day after Gadade…
The workers, all Mexicans, were kidnapped at gunpoint on Jan 23 from a silver mining project belonging to Vancouver-based Vizsla Silver in the violence-plagued state of Sinaloa. The bodies of the 10 men, two of whom were engineers and one a geologist,…
Ransomware attackers threatened employees’ family members or friends at 37% of organizations surveyed for Semperis’ 2026 Ransomware Risk Report. The survey covered 1,200 IT and security professionals at organizations that had experienced at least one successful ransomware attack. “Ransomware has proven to be…
Delhi Police arrested four men for allegedly plotting to extort a Gandhi Nagar businessman after midnight firing at his gate and threats via US number. New Delhi: Around midnight on Oct 15, two masked men on a motorcycle allegedly opened fire…
MillenniumPost New Delhi: Four men have been arrested for allegedly plotting to extort money from a Delhi businessman by opening fire at his house in North-East Delhiâs New Usmanpur, police said.The incident occurred around 12.55 am on October 15, when…
Jaipur Police solved the kidnapping of a six-year-old child within 48 hours, rescuing him and arresting all four accused, including his own father, who allegedly plotted the abduction in collusion with his brother and two employees. The investigation revealed that the…
The suspects who kidnapped a Bangladeshi national have demanded a ransom of R3 million for his release. According to police, Nadim Hoshen, 35, was kidnapped during a carjacking on Tuesday. The attack happened at about 18:00 at the corner of Pearson and Main…
The Lagos State Taskforce has arrested a dismissed operative of the agency, Yahaya Salami, popularly known as Adams, over alleged impersonation and extortion after a viral video showed him being apprehended by Taskforce officials in Oshodi. According to the agency,…
A 26-year-old man, Emmanuel Adoga, from Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State, has been arrested after raping a woman and demanding N15,000 payment from her. The incident happened on 9 October 2026 and suspect was arrested on October 12, 2026, three days after…
I’ve spent enough years on both sides of a ransomware incident, running the response inside a company and later reading the vendor pitches that promise to stop the next one, to know when a statistic is being misread. This week…