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)

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.

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...

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

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?

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

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