# Cyber Extortion **Domain:** Cybercrime / Coercion / Information Security **Doc Type:** Canonical Concept Node **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition **Cyber extortion** uses unauthorized access, stolen data, system disruption, threatened disclosure or continued attack to compel payment, action or silence. ## Relational Context Extortion can convert private information into leverage and force a target to respond to an adversary's curated account of the target's own life or organization. ## See Also [[wiki/Ransomware|Ransomware]], [[wiki/Narrative Authority|Narrative Authority]], [[wiki/Cyber Terrorism|Cyber Terrorism]]