{"data":{"id":"23909346-4005-4855-af9d-88c6e0ee23ef","title":"Ransomware extortion gets personal as attackers target employees’ families","summary":"A Semperis 2026 Ransomware Risk Report surveyed 1,200 IT and security professionals across nine countries and eight sectors. It found that 84% of ransomware victims faced attacks involving AI, 87% reported attacks on identity infrastructure, and 37% said employees' friends or family had been threatened. Attackers are extending extortion beyond corporate networks to employees' personal lives.","solution":"N/A -- no mitigation discussed in source.","labels":["security","industry"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.csoonline.com/article/4235782/ransomware-extortion-gets-personal-as-attackers-target-employees-families.html","publishedAt":"2026-10-15T11:39:45.000Z","cveId":null,"cweIds":null,"cvssScore":null,"cvssSeverity":null,"severity":"medium","attackType":["other"],"issueType":"news","affectedPackages":null,"affectedPackageNames":null,"affectedPackageRefs":null,"affectedVendors":[],"affectedVendorsRaw":[],"classifierModel":"claude-haiku-5-5","classifierPromptVersion":"v4","summaryPromptVersion":"v2","headline":null,"headlinePromptVersion":null,"cvssVector":null,"attackVector":null,"attackComplexity":null,"privilegesRequired":null,"userInteraction":null,"exploitMaturity":null,"epssScore":null,"epssCheckedAt":null,"kevDateAdded":null,"advisoryAliases":null,"affectedPackagesSource":null,"affectedPackagesCheckedAt":null,"patchAvailable":null,"disclosureDate":"2026-10-15T11:39:45.000Z","capecIds":null,"crossRefCount":0,"attackSophistication":"moderate","impactType":["confidentiality","integrity"],"aiComponentTargeted":"agent","llmSpecific":false,"classifierConfidence":0.8,"researchCategory":null,"atlasIds":null}}