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Federal Investigation Reveals Shadowy Ties Between Ransomware Negotiators and the ShinyHunters Hacking Collective
U.S. federal investigators pursuing the prolific "ShinyHunters" hacking group—which recently shocked the cybersecurity community by exfiltrating highly sensitive data from the FBI—have uncovered evidence of an alarming, incestuous relationship between the cybercriminals and the very firms hired to stop them. Sources close to the investigation have revealed that executives at two prominent ransomware negotiation firms…
