Who Runs the Ransomware Group 'The Gentlemen?' (krebsonsecurity.com)

Brian on Mastadon:

One thing I didn't mention in the story is the potential consequences of top RU hackers being outed [...] such as interference and shakedowns from tax authorities and local police, extortion or even kidnapping for their considerable ill-gotten crypto wealth.

Oh, the turntables...

Might be interesting, this buymeacoffee page interviews cybercriminals: (https://buymeacoffee.com/insidedarknet/posts)

Alexander Yapaev, alias Hastalamuerte, orchestrates a dark digital extortion empire.

Is this group real ? Do they have a page where they display the victims and scenarios? Or this is just another group invented by some people to create some good stories?

These guys must be having a lot of fun running penetration tests with unrestricted AI models.

With enough full access AI running at a company, all they have to do is insert their own unguardrailed AI into the org...

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I am shocked, shocked I say, that the head of a ransomware as a service group is based in Russia.

That reminds me of that time when Reddit doxxed the alleged Marathon Bomber, ruined his life, and then it turned out it wasn't him. Aside from all the nicknames, I don't see any evidence. But the article shows how to doxx responsibly.