Ransomware negotiator hired to represent victims was working for the attackers

A former ransomware negotiator was sentenced to 70 months in prison yesterday after colluding with BlackCat scammers to extort the victims he was hired to protect. As a ransomware negotiator…

Florida ransomware negotiator convicted for helping ransomware gang extort US companies

A third ransomware negotiator has been jailed for helping a notorious ransomware group extort American victim companies into paying the hackers.

The ‘first’ AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human

An AI agent carried out the technical execution of a real-world ransomware attack for the first known time, but new details show a human still chose the victim, set up…