Updated on 2022-11-15
Team Montesano hackers infiltrated HaveIBeenPwned by abusing an unknown bug and are now threatening to leak the data to the highest bidder if a ransom of $2,500 isn’t paid. Read more: Cyber Attack on HaveIBeenPwned leaks email data to hackers
Updated on 2022-11-14: Team Montesano
A new website extortion scheme by a threat actor named Team Montesano is currently underway. The group operates by contacting website owners, claiming to have hacked their servers, and threatening to ruin the website’s reputation by leaking stolen data or using their servers for spam operations. Read more: New extortion scam threatens to damage sites’ reputation, leak data
You idiots 🤦♂️ pic.twitter.com/VaI81wuUPA
— Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) November 8, 2022
Overview
An ongoing extortion scam by Team Montesano is targeting website admins and owners across the world, claiming that their servers are hacked and demanding $2,500 to prevent them from leaking the data. Read more: New extortion scam threatens to damage sites’ reputation, leak data
