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Extortion: news, advisories and analysis

6 articlesUpdated 1 Oct 2026

CyberSecureToday covers Extortion across 6 articles published between 6 Sep 2026 and 1 Oct 2026. The coverage includes 5 incident or breach reports and 1 analysis or guidance piece.

Stories on Extortion most often intersect with Ransomware, Item 1.05 and Data Breach, with Healthcare & Pharma the most affected sector. The most recent story, “General Santos Doctors Hospital Hit by 2.4TB Rhysida Ransomware Extortion of Patient Clinical Records”, was published 1 Oct 2026. Every article is listed below, newest first, with the affected products, severity and remediation guidance in each piece.

Latest coverage

Cyber AttackHealthcare & Pharma
General Santos Doctors Hospital Hit by 2.4TB Rhysida Ransomware Extortion of Patient Clinical Records
Rhysida ransomware group exfiltrates 2.44 Terabytes of clinical patient files and medical records from General Santos Doctors Hospital in an 8-Bitcoin extortion scheme.
Daniel Okafor1 Oct 202611 min read
Cyber AttackBanking & Fintech
SEC Form 8-K Disclosures Reveal Cloud Storage Misconfigurations Fueling Surge in Material Data Breaches
An analysis of recent SEC Form 8-K Item 1.05 material cyber incident filings shows misconfigured cloud buckets and IAM token leaks driving corporate extortion.
Mei-Lin Chen27 Sep 20268 min read
Cyber AttackBanking & Fintech
River Financial Corporation Discloses SEC 8-K Banking Ransomware Extortion and Customer Account Records Exfiltration
River Financial discloses unauthorized ransomware intrusion and customer data exfiltration in SEC Form 8-K filings following network extortion demands.
Priya Raman24 Sep 202616 min read
Cyber AttackHealthcare & Pharma
iRhythm Holdings Discloses Social Engineering Attack and Patient PHI Extortion in SEC Form 8-K Filing
Digital healthcare firm iRhythm Holdings files SEC Form 8-K Item 1.05 following social engineering compromise of cloud apps and extortion threats over patient cardiac data.
CST Editorial Desk22 Sep 202616 min read
ResearchEducation & Academia
Eight new ransomware brands in one week: why tracking group names has stopped working
One tracker logged 315 leak-site posts from 40 groups in a single August week, eight of them new. Brand-based detection cannot keep pace. Here is what to instrument instead.
Daniel Okafor10 Sep 20266 min read
Cyber AttackHealthcare & Pharma
Healthcare ransomware wave: OVP Health and ProHealth Medical hit within weeks
Emerging crews Storm and Krybit claimed attacks on two healthcare providers, with a combined 244 GB of patient and employee data alleged stolen.
CST Editorial Desk6 Sep 20265 min read

Latest coverage

General Santos Doctors Hospital Hit by 2.4TB Rhysida Ransomware Extortion of Patient Clinical Records

SEC Form 8-K Disclosures Reveal Cloud Storage Misconfigurations Fueling Surge in Material Data Breaches

River Financial Corporation Discloses SEC 8-K Banking Ransomware Extortion and Customer Account Records Exfiltration

iRhythm Holdings Discloses Social Engineering Attack and Patient PHI Extortion in SEC Form 8-K Filing

Eight new ransomware brands in one week: why tracking group names has stopped working

Healthcare ransomware wave: OVP Health and ProHealth Medical hit within weeks