Hackers Contacted Cyber CEO’s Son, Wife in Extortion Attempt (1)

Hackers stole contracts from cybersecurity firm Dragos Inc. as part of an extortion attempt that included contacting the chief executive officer’s wife and 5-year-old son, according to a company blog post, documents provided by the suspected hackers and interviews.

The firm didn’t pay the hackers, who gained access to internal documents after breaching the personal email account of a newly hired Dragos sales employee, CEO Robert M. Lee told Bloomberg News in an interview.

Robert M. Lee

Source: Business Wire

Dragos specializes in providing cybersecurity services for industrial control systems such as power grids, water treatment plants and pipelines.

As part of the extortion ...