Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

double extortion

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English

Syllables: dou-ble ex-tor-tion
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cybercrime tactic wherein attackers exfiltrate and encrypt sensitive data, then threaten to publish it unless the victim pays a ransom.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Analysis of the hacker group’s operations in recent months shows that it has pivoted away from double extortion methods due to the emergence of publicly available decryptor tools, such as those released by Avast."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does double extortion mean?: A cybercrime tactic wherein attackers exfiltrate and encrypt sensitive data, then threaten to publish it unless the victim pays a ransom.

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