The FBI announced Friday the arrest of a suspected hacker behind the breach of a bureau HR system, marking the second recent ...

Daniel Rhyne locked his company's IT administrators out of its network and demanded 20 BTC, then worth $750,000, to stop the shutdowns.

The rapper and entrepreneur is citing his accuser's retraction as he asks a California appeals court to reconsider its ...

According to the agency, Julious George Khalid and others portrayed themselves as law enforcement and stopped a victim at gunpoint on I-20 near Panola Road.

Latinx immigrant adults traveling to the United States are extorted—on average—$804 per research participant throughout the journey, according to a study appearing in Injury Epidemiology. "This study ...

Author Summary: The government's categorical refusal to recognize an economic extortion defense to liability under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) lacks legal support and is unsound policy, ...

A Mumbai restaurant owner has filed an extortion complaint against two sisters who allegedly demanded Rs 25 lakh after claiming a rat was found in their food, leading to a police investigation.