Ransomware Negotiator Pleads Guilty to Helping Hackers

About this episode

The episode discusses a ransomware negotiator who pleaded guilty to conspiring with hackers to defraud clients.

Ransomware negotiators are supposed to give you the best price to get your files back, but what if they are actually conspiring to get you the worst one? One such man plead guilty to this and revealed just how he worked with the BlackCat group to con his own clients.

People in this episode

Host: Chloe Thonus

Topics covered

• ransomware
• cyber crime
• negotiation
• hacking
• cybersecurity

Keywords

• ransomware
• negotiator
• BlackCat
• cyber crime
• hacking
• files recovery

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BlackCat

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