The co-founder and CEO of San Francisco-based tech startup Giga has claimed that the company is being blackmailed in an ...

Michael Avenatti, the former attorney for adult-film star Stormy Daniels, was accused Monday by federal prosecutors in New York of operating "an old-fashioned shakedown" by trying to extort between ...

Michael Avenatti, the lawyer who once represented adult film star Stormy Daniels in a lawsuit against President Trump, was found guilty Friday of trying to extort sportswear giant Nike. A Manhattan ...

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has filed a lawsuit against a woman he claims tried to extort him out of $100 million by alleging he sexually assaulted her after his rookie season. The suit, ...

Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, the group of hackers involved in the major Salesforce data breach, have launched a site to extort victims. Threat actors have posted a list of 39 victim companies and have ...

(Bloomberg) -- Major technology companies have been duped into providing sensitive personal information about their customers in response to fraudulent legal requests, and the data has been used to ...