MOVEit’s Ledger: 2,700 Orgs, 93 Million People
Cl0p’s June 2023 listing waves turned the MOVEit breach into a running census — 2,700+ organizations and ~93M individuals per Emsisoft tallies. The economics of encryption-free extortion.
Sony’s September: Rhysida, Ransomed.vc, and Claim Triage
In September 2023 two extortion crews — Rhysida and the short-lived Ransomed.vc — both posted Sony data claims, complete with a Bitcoin auction and a leaked code-signing certificate. Sony investigated; the claimed 6TB scale never verified.
Snowflake Extortion: 165+ Customers, One Credential Wave
On June 19, 2024, Mandiant’s public advisory named UNC5537 as the crew behind the Snowflake extortion wave — 165+ victim organizations entered with infostealer credentials against MFA-less tenants, datasets extorted through listings and a dedicated leak market researchers dubbed Snow:Bay. This piece condenses the TTP catalogue, the backyard economics of stolen logs, the aftermarket that changed notification obligations forever, and the single control that would have prevented every confirmed intrusion.
Samsung’s 190 GB: Lapsus$ and Source-Code Extortion
One contractor’s credentials, 190 GB of Galaxy bootloader and biometrics code, and the pure steal-and-dump model that outlived encryption ransomware.