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Federal investigators suspect a US ransomware negotiator helped ShinyHunters operate an extortion site used to pressure nearly 100 organisations.
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U.S. federal investigators pursuing the ShinyHunters hacking group that recently stole highly sensitive data from the FBI have identified executives at two different ransomware negotiation firms who maintained unusually close relations with the extortion group, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Sources close to the investigation say one of the executives in the United States even helped ShinyHunters operate a website that pressured victims into paying a ransom.
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FBI arrests Cypfer co-founder Edward Dubrovsky, now associated with CyberSteward, in the ShinyHunters investigation into the FBI jobs…
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Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday arrested the co-founder of a Canadian cybersecurity firm in connection with an investigation into the ShinyHunters hacking group that recently relieved the FBI of sensitive data on thousands of agents, multiple sources tell KrebsOnSecurity.
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A teenager from Amman, Jordan suspected of leading the prolific data theft and extortion group ShinyHunters has been detained and is reportedly cooperating with the FBI to identify other members of the hacking gang. KrebsOnSecurity has learned that the suspect, who uses the hacker handle “Rey,” was detained as ShinyHunters was in the process of extorting a business unit recently divested by the global aerospace company Boeing, which manufactures the fleet of planes used by the employer of Rey’s father…
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The FBI removed a contractor over a ShinyHunters-linked breach. Reuters sources identified Accenture and an unpatched Oracle PeopleSoft system.
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The FBI confirmed multiple arrests in its ShinyHunters investigation after suspected member Saif al-Din Khader was reportedly detained in Jordan.
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ShinyHunters hacker “Rey” was detained in Jordan and is reportedly cooperating with the FBI after the group claimed major FBI and corporate data breaches.
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Dutch police say a ShinyHunters suspect is also suspected of trying to arrange two murders abroad, a case separate from the cybercrime investigation.
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ShinyHunters tells Hackread it never planned to publish or sell stolen FBI data and says its ultimatum was part of a marketing campaign to counter FBI claims.
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