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Data Extortion

Data Extortion is a form of cyber extortion in which the perpetrator gains unauthorized access to sensitive data and threatens to disclose, delete, or otherwise render it inaccessible unless a ransom is paid, thereby leveraging the victim's dependency on data confidentiality, integrity, or availability.

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2017–2026

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Protecting against Ransomware: A New Line of Research or Restating Classic Ideas?

Amin Kharraz, William Robertson, Engin Kirda · IEEE Security & Privacy · 2018 · 35 citations

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An ontology-driven framework for knowledge representation of digital extortion attacks

Masoudeh Keshavarzi, Hamid Reza Ghaffary · Computers in Human Behavior · 2022 · 29 citations · Full text

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Threat-Based Simulation of Data Exfiltration Toward Mitigating Multiple Ransomware Extortions

Michael Mundt, Harald Baier · Digital Threats Research and Practice · 2022 · 22 citations · Full text

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Cyber-Extortion: Duties and Liabilities Related to the Elephant in the Server Room

Adam J. Sulkowski · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2007 · 21 citations · Full text

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Deception in double extortion ransomware attacks: An analysis of profitability and credibility

Tom Meurs, Edward Cartwright, Anna Cartwright et al. · Computers & Security · 2023 · 19 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. AJ
    Adam J. Sulkowski

    Babson College, United States

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  2. HR
    Hamid Reza Ghaffary

    Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

    1 publications · 29 citations

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  3. MK
    Masoudeh Keshavarzi

    Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

    1 publications · 29 citations

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  4. WR
    William Robertson

    Dalhousie University, Canada

    1 publications · 35 citations

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  5. ZX
    Zehui Xiong

    Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    1 publications · 18 citations

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Institutions

13

  1. Universität der Bundeswehr München

    Munich, Germany

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    44 citations

  2. Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

    Mashhad, Iran

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    58 citations

  3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    35 citations

  4. Universidad del Noreste

    Tampico, Mexico

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    70 citations

  5. Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute

    Clayton, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  6. Beijing Normal University

    Beijing, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  7. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  8. Babson College

    Wellesley, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

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Venues

  1. IEEE Security & Privacy

    1 publications · 35 citations

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  2. Computers in Human Behavior

    1 publications · 29 citations

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  3. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing

    TMCCI · 1 publications · 18 citations

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  5. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 1 publications · 21 citations

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