Double extortion and Double financing: Difference between pages

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The fraudulent practice of raising funds more than once on the same receivable or asset.

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-''Cyberthreat - ransomware''.
+The fraudulent practice of raising funds more than once on the same receivable or asset.
-Double extortion is a form of ransomware attack in which the attacker not only corrupts the victim's data, but also threatens to leak its sensitive information online.
-:<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Why double extortion is surging'''''</span>
-:"... the dramatic surge in this practice stems from an 'unholy alliance' between ransomware makers and initial access brokers – the latter of whom are operating on the dark web and presenting themselves as malicious twins of legitimate software providers."
-:''The Treasurer online, 9 December 2021.''
 ==See also==
-*[[Cyber security]]
+* [[Fraud]]
-*[[Cyberthreat]]
-*[[Initial access broker]]
-*[[Malware]]
-*[[Phishing]]
-*[[Ransomware]]
-*[[Spoofing]]
-*[[Whaling]]
-[[Category:The_business_context]]
-[[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]]
-[[Category:Manage_risks]]
-[[Category:Risk_frameworks]]
-[[Category:Risk_reporting]]
-[[Category:Technology]]