Feds suspect ransom negotiator ran ShinyHunters extortion site

 (krebsonsecurity.com)

51 points | by Bender 1 hour ago

5 comments

  • cuttysnark 3 minutes ago
    Jason Hogg, father of David Hogg survivor of the Parkland high school shooting, gun control activist, and former (‘25) DNC co-chair

    How about that!

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hogg

  • kevin_thibedeau 44 minutes ago
    > In late September, ShinyHunters hacked the FBI recruitment website fbijobs.gov

    The OPM breach was 11 years ago and apparently the incompetence still reigns.

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    • jacquesm 12 minutes ago
      The quality of offensive tooling has somewhat improved during that period.
  • mmooss 6 minutes ago
    Even before the current administration, federal law enforcement's leaks of suspects, especially in high-profile crimes, have been highly unreliable and have ruined lives. See Wen Ho Lee, Richard Jewell, etc.
  • vntok 24 minutes ago
    Breaking Bad vibes here. "You don't want a ransom negociator, you want a ransom negociator!"
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    • taneq 15 minutes ago
      Better than some random negotiator.
  • ofjcihen 26 minutes ago
    Working in the IR space I’ve had a lot of opportunities to work with negotiators before. Most of them are extremely professional and worth their weight in gold for what they provide to their clients.

    Ridiculous that scumbags like this are tarnishing that space.

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