Feds Suspect Ransom Negotiator Ran ShinyHunters Extortion Site

KrebsOnSecurity reports that federal investigators pursuing the ShinyHunters group, which hacked the FBI's recruitment site, have identified executives at two ransomware negotiation firms with unusually close ties to the gang, including a U.S. executive sources say helped run a site pressuring victims to pay. The piece reviews the group's history and past negotiator misconduct cases.

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ShinyHunters Extorted Boeing Spin-off Prior to Arrests

KrebsOnSecurity reports that a Jordanian teenager suspected of leading the ShinyHunters data theft and extortion group, known as Rey, was detained while the group was extorting Jeppesen ForeFlight, a business unit divested by Boeing. The piece covers the related arrests, the group's mass exploitation of an Oracle PeopleSoft vulnerability, its harassment tactics, and its feud with the FBI.

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