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Corporations Reluctant to Reveal Incidents of Cyberextortion

From the New York Times, The Rise of the Digital Thugs chronicles the under-reported, yet growing, threat to corporations from “cyber extortionists” seeking bribes in return for withholding data and information obtained by breaching networks.
Related reference:

  • Enumerating and Reducing the Threat of Transnational Cyber Extortion against Small and Medium Size Organizations, September 2004 (30 pages, PDF).
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