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Health information has become a prime target for hackers seeking to extort healthcare agencies and individuals after accessing sensitive patient data.

The man says the lawyer tried to extort a payout in return for not identifying him as a sexual abuser tied to the hip-hop mogul.

Authorities said he used the images to shame girls and extort high school victims by threatening to post more compromising content if they did not send more photos.

The criminal groups extort migrants who cross the southern state on their way north to Mexico's border with the United States.

Mr Combs strenuously denied the allegations and accused Ventura of trying to extort him.