#Ukraine says #mineral deal not final; summary shows #US demands more income
The latest U.S. proposal would require Kyiv to send Washington ALL profit from a fund controlling Ukrainian #resources until Ukraine had *repaid* all American wartime #aid, PLUS INTEREST, according to the summary, reviewed by Reuters.
#extortion #MafiaState #geopolitics #Trump #StandWithUkraine
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-suggests-temporary-administration-ukraine-end-war-2025-03-28/
Parents please Talk With your Young Ones about this!!
It happens across the nation.
"Coquitlam RCMP investigating sextortion schemes
Coquitlam RCMP issues public safety message after young people targeted in online extortions"
#Canada #Parenting #Internet #Extortion #youth
https://www.langleyadvancetimes.com/news/coquitlam-rcmp-investigating-sextortion-schemes-7904521
Trump goes after U.S. legal system
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-prevents-abuses-of-the-legal-system-and-the-federal-courts
“Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court” 
Trump Declares War on “Frivolous” Lawsuits (ones he doesn’t like)
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/trump-declares-war-on-frivolous-lawsuits
Smelling Blood In The Water Trump Escalates Attacks On Law Firms
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/smelling-blood-in-the-water-trump-escalates-attacks-on-law-firms
"Faced with President Trump’s shakedown, the Paul, Weiss law firm agreed to a “deal” with Trump that sure looks like a ransom payment. Trump then told reporters that firms like these have the option to make similar “deals” to avoid getting targeted—a straight-up extortion threat right in public...
we’re actually facing multiple constitutional crises"
https://newrepublic.com/article/193061/trump-blurts-revealing-aim-law-firm-shakedown-right-media
#Trump #fascists #extortion #SpinelessDemocrats
"Trump drops order against law firm after it pledges $40 million in legal services
President Donald Trump agreed to withdraw an executive order targeting law firm Paul Weiss' contracts and employee security clearances in exchange for a series of commitments from the firm, including dedicating $40 million of free legal services to 'mutually agreed projects,' Trump announced.
The March 14 executive order commanded agency heads to suspend security clearances for the firm's lawyers and threatened to snatch away government contracts for firm clients.
(. . .)
'Paul, Weiss affirms its commitment to merit-based hiring, promotion, and retention, and will not adopt, use, or pursue any DEI policies,' according to Trump's announcement. 'As part of its commitment, it will engage experts, to be mutually agreed upon within 14 days, to conduct a comprehensive audit of all of its employment practices.'"
VanHelsingRansomware Attacking Windows Systems
A new ransomware identified it’s called has a vanhelsing. That should be recently
emerged targeting Windows systems with advanced encryption and evasion
techniques. first identified on March 16 2025 and the malware primarily focuses on
Windows systems, government, manufacturing and pharmaceutical sectors. The
malware encrypts victim files, appending the "vanhelsing" extension, and employs
a double extortion tactic by exfiltrating sensitive data, including personal details
and financial reports, to pressure victims into paying a Bitcoin ransom. After
impact the ransomware modifies the desktop wallpaper to display a branded
message and drops a "README.txt" ransom note. Attackers use a dedicated Tor
based chat portal to communicate with victims. These include direct volume
access, rootkit functionality, software packing, process injection, and indicator
removal. The malware can modify registry settings, execute indirect commands,
and manipulate file permissions to maintain persistence
Pulse ID: 67dec2398a75ee72c10e8b8e
Pulse Link: https://otx.alienvault.com/pulse/67dec2398a75ee72c10e8b8e
Pulse Author: cryptocti
Created: 2025-03-22 13:59:21
Be advised, this data is unverified and should be considered preliminary. Always do further verification.
Trump Admin Threatens to Stop Social Security If DOGE Can’t Have Personal Data
Trump’s interim Social Security chief says he wants to turn off the program if Musk and DOGE can’t access Americans’ most sensitive data
#SocialSecurity #DOGE #Extortion
After the Federal Judge blocked DOGE’s Social Security “Fishing Expedition” the Trump team moves to threats to get their way.
@alaw202
It's time to hold rallies at your local SSA office.
Exclusive: #Section230 May Finally Get Changed as Lawmakers Prep New Bill
By Paris Martineau
As early as next week, Senators plan to introduce the first bipartisan bill to repeal Section 230, the landmark #internet #law
Martineau spoke w/congressional aides to get the details of the ambitious effort, which internet experts described as akin to #extortion
#Congress #Senate
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/exclusive-section-230-may-finally-get-changed-lawmakers-prep-new-bill
I would very much like this "person" to be removed from his job, and held in contempt. No person should be able to do this:
Trump Jr, #Witkoff, #Carlson in secret talks with Zelensky’s rivals
Politico reported members of #Trump's team led #secret discussions with ex-President Poroshenko’s allies & former PM Tymoshenko as #Trump administration was displeased with #Zelensky
These backchannel talks were part of effort to make Zelensky more compliant & show the U. has other partners in Ukraine, Politico reported.
"Nice power plant you've got it, Volodymyr... Shame if anything happened to it."
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25022311.donald-trump-suggests-us-takes-ukraine-power-plants/
Dragon RaaS | Pro-Russian Hacktivist Group Aims to Build on "The Five Families" Cybercrime Reputation
Dragon RaaS is a ransomware group that emerged in July 2024 as an offshoot of Stormous, part of a larger cybercrime syndicate known as 'The Five Families'. The group markets itself as a sophisticated Ransomware-as-a-Service operation but often conducts defacements and opportunistic attacks rather than large-scale ransomware extortion. Dragon RaaS primarily targets organizations in the US, Israel, UK, France, and Germany, exploiting vulnerabilities in web applications, using brute-force attacks, and leveraging stolen credentials. The group operates two ransomware strains: a Windows-focused encryptor based on StormCry and a PHP webshell. Despite claims of creating a unique ransomware variant, analysis reveals that Dragon RaaS's payloads are slightly modified versions of StormCry.
Pulse ID: 67db2bceaeb33fde1496fef2
Pulse Link: https://otx.alienvault.com/pulse/67db2bceaeb33fde1496fef2
Pulse Author: AlienVault
Created: 2025-03-19 20:40:46
Be advised, this data is unverified and should be considered preliminary. Always do further verification.
• "For the avoidance of doubt, such future sources of revenues do not include the current sources of revenues which are already part of the general budget revenues of #Ukraine."
• The fund aim is to invest in Ukrainian projects & attract investment in public & private assets including #NaturalResources, #infrastructure, #ports & state-owned enterprises.
• Contributions to the fund will be reinvested in Ukraine to promote "the safety, #security & prosperity of Ukraine."
• The deal does NOT name the assets & says they will be defined in a later agreement that will go to a vote in #parliament.
• The assets are "defined as deposits of #minerals, #hydrocarbons, #oil, natural #gas, & other extractable materials, & other #infrastructure relevant to #NaturalResource assets (such as liquefied natural gas terminals & port infrastructure)."
• The 2 countries will establish a Reconstruction Investment Fund to collect & invest revenues from Ukrainian resources.
• Reps from both countries will jointly manage the fund.
• A subsequent agreement about the fund will be "negotiated promptly" AFTER the conclusion of this agreement.
• #Ukraine will contribute to the fund 50% of revenues earned from Ukrainian state-owned #NaturalResources developed in the future.
As we wait to hear more on the #Trump / #Putin call, here is a reminder of the framework #minerals *deal* [#extortion] the #US & #Ukraine tentatively agreed to last month.
The deal, which is yet to be signed, would see the US extract Ukraine's #NaturalResources.
Titled "BILATERAL AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING TERMS & CONDITIONS FOR A RECONSTRUCTION INVESTMENT FUND," it lays out some details:
US Republicans lack details and directions with #tariff #tariffs.
#CNBC
#Squakbox
Markets continue to decline on vain attempt by Trump to threaten national alliances
#Extortion does not play well on #UnitedStates stock market.
#recession
#redwave
#inflation
#premarket
Trump’s #extortion of Ukraine
#Trump privately made clear to aides a minerals deal with #Ukraine won’t be enough to restart #aid & #intelligence sharing
He wants to change #Zelenskyy’s attitude, officials said, including making #concessions by giving up #territory to #Russia. Trump also wants Zelenskyy to move toward #elections, & possibly toward stepping down as his country’s leader, the officials said.
SSK Plastic Surgery discloses it experienced a hack and extortion attempt in 2024:
Plastic surgery groups tend to store a lot of patient data that is extremely sensitive.... and with pictures and videos.
In 2023, I wrote to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and urged them to issue a guidance or article to their members about NOT attaching patients' names as filenames to nude photos and to storing patient data more securely.
AFAIK, they did NOT follow up by warning members NOT to store nude photos with patient names. They issued an alert about phishing.
And so the problem continues.... the New York Plastic Surgical Group got hit in January 2024, and then Jaime Schawartz, MD got hit in March 2024 as did SSK Plastic Surgery. How many more plastic surgery groups will we read about?
And for those who don't already know: some of the leak sites are STILL online and exposing nude patient photos and/or files with PII and PHI. In some cases, the threat actors encourage patients to contact them directly to pay to have their data removed. One group was initially charging patients $2500. They now charge about $500 for removal.
Aaargh...
#databreach #ransomware #plasticsurgery #extortion
I wish @cisacyber and the @FBI would issue a warning to plastic surgery groups specific to this issue.
