Epresser email to company: cybercriminals threaten to damage their reputation

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The Lower Saxony Criminal Police Office is currently warning the company of extortion emails. The letter threatened that if the managing director does not transfer any bitcoin, it will gradually destroy the company's reputation.

According to the Lower Saxony Criminal Police Department, more and more companies are receiving extortion emails. It always has the same structure and wording and is used to scare employees and entrepreneurs. Of course there are corresponding money requirements.

In most cases, ransomware emails are submitted using contact forms, indicating that ransomware criminals have very sensitive data. If the company does not transfer $ 2,000 in Bitcoin within a certain period of time, the crim inals will resell the data. Most emails have the same subject:

The main purpose of the current scam is to attract attention, the most important thing is to scare employees. Criminals also point out that they can capture sensitive information about company vulnerabilities. In addition, if payment is not received, the company's reputation will gradually be destroyed.

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For such a powerful threat, the amount of $ 2,000 mentioned in Bitcoin is very low. The National Criminal Police Office assumed that the blackmail emails would be sent to the company in bulk. Obviously smaller amounts should also lower the suppression threshold to make voluntary payments.

Ignore the email and do not reply to the request!

The Lower Saxony Criminal Police Office advised against responding to such requests regardless of the situation. Nor should cyber criminals be contacted. Therefore, the company should ignore the email, and if in doubt, please report it to the police.

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