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Feds Suspect Ransom Negotiator Ran ShinyHunters Extortion Site
KREBS ON SECURITY — 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…
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- RT-5F2037
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- Krebs on Security
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- Cybersecurity
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- 19 October 2026 · 13:48 UTC
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- 28 October 2026 · 12:19 UTC
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- https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/10/feds-suspect-ransom-negotiator-ran-shinyhunters-extortion-site/
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