In the latest development in how cyber criminals are evolving their means of trying to extort cash from victims, a group threatened to spread fake, negative reviews and complaints about companies unless they paid the group a fee. “We are experts in destroying personal or company reputation online,” the group, calling itself STD Company, wrote to its targets. “Once we complete our job, even if your site remains on Google, you can be sure that all first page would be full of negative results about your company,” the email adds, signing off with the name “Semyon.” STD demanded one of the companies send it 1.5 bitcoin (around $10,500). It also offered its services to harm the company’s competitors, “but only after your payment has been received,” the email adds. "We're definitely not going to pay these cyber thugs, but we still have to devote a lot of time and resources to combating it," a CEO for one of the victim companies said. Motherboard.