Fighting Online Extortion

prostoalex writes "Information Week talks about those mornings, when an owner of an online business receives an e-mail message with his customer accounts and other personal information quoted, and extortionist asking for certain amount of money to be transferred to a foreign bank. Although 70% of the businesses surveyed for the article claim they never had to deal with extortion on the Internet, the article claims those small businesses who think they are not interesting for extortionists, are in for a surprise."

Comments

Re:Sounds like a business opportunity.

[Nakkel]

Who would a person call if they had some problems like this?

Ghostbusters?

Re:I worry for my employer

[YankeeInExile]

That one is easy to fix. Management only needs to make sure that there are no ex-disgruntled employees...

Here at Xyzzycorp, we never have to give out references for former employees, because 100% of our departed associates coincidentally fall into cranberry crushers.

out-scumbagging a scumbag

[Tablizer]

Here at Xyzzycorp, we never have to give out references for former employees, because 100% of our departed associates coincidentally fall into cranberry crushers.

We have e-cam evidence of these murders. If you don't pay us 2 million bucks, we will release the videos over the 'net. -- Rocko

It doesn't cost $100K to stop a DDoS attack!

[Mordant]

All you have to do is send me $100/month for the next 12 months, and you're golden.

We're good like that, right? ;>

Threaten to put them on Slashdot

[MinimeMongo]

Pay me one million dollars or I'll post your website URL on Slashdot.

Re:Sounds like a business opportunity.

[operagost]

I think an email threatening damage unless $5000 is paid (according to this article, that amount is not uncommon) would constitute documentation.

Re:Sounds like a business opportunity.

[Txiasaeia]

Motherfucker! I just sprayed Coke across my work computer! I'm sending you the bill ;)