Breaking, new, by me:
Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday arrested an executive at a Canadian cybersecurity firm in connection with an investigation into the ShinyHunters hacking group that recently relieved the FBI of sensitive data on thousands of agents, multiple sources tell KrebsOnSecurity.
From the story:
"Dubrovsky’s LinkedIn profile states he is the author of Cyber Extortion Strategic Response, a 252-page book that promises to “take readers beyond the ransom note and into the decisions that determine how an organization responds, recovers, and protects what matters.”
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/10/fbi-arrests-founder-of-ransomware-negotiation-firm/
#FBI #shinyhunters #ransomware #cybercrime
edit: Cypfer said Dubrovsky was a managing director until leaving in Nov. 2025, not an ex-founder as his LinkedIn profile says. This link backs that up, saying he was COO and managing partner:
https://cypfer.com/es/modern-slavery/#:~:text=COO%20and%20Managing%20Partner
@briankrebs@infosec.exchange It's hard to put into words the sheer fractal wrongness of someone treating ransomware incidents as a matter for suit-chad, alpha negotiator and high agency bro; rather than the most meticulous IT dweeb who ever triple-checked a backup for reasons that probably go beyond professionalism and into coping with their need for order and risk management through systems administration.