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Man arrested for allegedly extorting Google

March 22, 2004 A California man has been charged with extortion, after reportedly making demands for $100,000 from the search giant, in exchange for not unleashing fake ad hits. TAGS: extortion, spammer, Google Inc., search engine, agent, California

Expert: Online extortion growing more common

October 8, 2004 "Every online gambling site is paying extortion," says Alan Paller of the SANS Institute. TAGS: extortion, SANS Institute, distributed denial of service, London

Bug hunting start-up: Pay up, or feel the pain

August 3, 2007 VDA Labs, which finds flaws in software, has a unique business model that's at the center of a debate over bug disclosure. TAGS: LinkedIn, extortion, business model, deadline, security flaw, bug, vendor, security, consulting, researcher, e-mail, attack, software company, toolbar

Teens arrested in alleged MySpace extortion scam

May 26, 2006 Two N.Y. teens are charged with threatening the popular Web site with malicious code and attempting to extort $150,000. TAGS: extortion, MySpace, district, attorney, teen, Los Angeles, New York, office

RIAA sued under gang laws

February 18, 2004 A woman who the record label group accuses of copyright infringement fires back, saying labels are breaking racketeering laws. TAGS: RIAA, extortion, copyright infringement, file-swapping, lawsuit, New Jersey, Internet service, law, court, Internet Service Provider, service provider, attorney
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