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Zach Edwards

@thezedwards

privacy & data supply chain research / Staff Threat Researcher @Infoblox / Co-Founder @DecryptAds // privacy@victorymedium.com

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Executive at ransomware negotiation firm suspected of helping operate ShinyHunters extortion site

KrebsOnSecurity reports FBI investigators believe at least one U.S. consulting firm executive helped operate the now-defunct Shinywire site.

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On October 9, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the FBI arrested a 54-year-old Canadian cybersecurity executive named Edward Dubrovsky in connection with the ShinyHunters investigation. Dubrovsky, who recently published a book on handling cyber extortion that recommended always engaging with the hackers, was charged with threatening to disclose stolen or hacked data and interfering with interstate commerce through extortion, according to court records. Politico reports prosecutors have asked that Dubrovsky remain in custody pending trial, and that records related to his case remain under seal.

A source close to the investigation told KrebsOnSecurity that Van der Stap’s Signal messages showed he had frequent conversations with Mr. Dubrovsky and with at least one executive at a large U.S.-based consulting firm, and that these executives often knew the details about new ShinyHunters victims before the victims themselves had even learned of the breach.

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