Police are said to have contacted the hackers, who left behind a blackmail note, and persuaded them to supply a digital key that would decrypt the hospital’s 30 infected computer servers.
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Plus, his known drug dealings certainly made him vulnerable to blackmail.
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Americans are giving in to North Korean blackmail—and it will only get worse.
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Back in England, Hitchcock made the transition from silents to sound with Blackmail, Britain's first talkie.
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VanDyke confirmed the attack on his website, writing that SEA had emailed him a blackmail threat.
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The more accomplished students took classes in safe-cracking, burglary, blackmail, and confidence games.
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We have had to pay her blackmail regularly, like the other artists, for we are obliged to go home after midnight.
The Son of Clemenceau|Alexandre (fils) Dumas
She does not admit that the entries are the wythes of blackmail.
Idling in Italy|Joseph Collins
Do you suppose he'd have hesitated to blackmail me if I'd compromised myself with his wife?
The Doctor's Dilemma|George Bernard Shaw
The police, of course, shared in the plunder, and dabbled in every species of blackmail.
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The chance seemed certain: his money was paid; his letters were returned; never had blackmail gone on smoother wheels.
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British Dictionary definitions for blackmail
blackmail
/ (ˈblækˌmeɪl) /
noun
the act of attempting to obtain money by intimidation, as by threats to disclose discreditable information
the exertion of pressure or threats, esp unfairly, in an attempt to influence someone's actions
verb(tr)
to exact or attempt to exact (money or anything of value) from (a person) by threats or intimidation; extort
to attempt to influence the actions of (a person), esp by unfair pressure or threats