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Ransomware & Malware The Record 1 week ago

DOJ charges ransomware recovery CEO for secretly paying hackers

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CyberNew Threat Research Desk
• Original Reporting: The Record
CyberNew Threat Intel Assessment
Assessed Severity: INFORMATIONAL
Impacted Surface
Enterprise Perimeter & Network Defense
Intelligence Sector
Ransomware & Malware

Analyst Takeaway

"Image: Paul Campbell via Unsplash+/DOJ DOJ charges ransomware recovery CEO for secretly paying hackers The owner of a ransomware recovery firm was hit with wire fraud charges Wednesday for allegedly falsely claiming he could help victims decrypt their systems without paying ransoms. The Justice Department said 50-year-old U.S. and Israeli national Zohar Pinhasi was the owner of a company called..."

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Image: Paul Campbell via Unsplash+/DOJ

DOJ charges ransomware recovery CEO for secretly paying hackers

The owner of a ransomware recovery firm was hit with wire fraud charges Wednesday for allegedly falsely claiming he could help victims decrypt their systems without paying ransoms. 

The Justice Department said 50-year-old U.S. and Israeli national Zohar Pinhasi was the owner of a company called MonsterCloud that purported to provide incident response to help victims of ransomware attacks. 

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This threat report was reviewed by CyberNew analysts and cross-referenced with primary security disclosures from The Record.

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