Ransomware

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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