English Explanatory Dictionary

double extortion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cybercrime tactic wherein attackers exfiltrate and encrypt sensitive data, then threaten to publish it unless the victim pays a ransom.

Word forms

double extortion
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