$50,000 extortion attempt at recruiting firm

Toronto Police Service report:   Drake International Recruiting, 320 Bay Street, reports that on January 4, 2013, they received an email from unknown hacker agency advising they have hacked into their client database including contact details, names and passwords. The agency was asked to send a one-time payment of $50,000.00 U.S. to prevent the data records from getting released over the internet. The complainant with their other agencies around the world has agreed on not paying this group.