U.S. Government Entity Paid Kairos $1 Million in Data-Theft Extortion Case
Based on a leaked negotiating chat and the blockchain trail the payment left, Rakesh Krishnan's recent case study for Ransom-ISAC claims that a U.S. government agency paid roughly $1 million to prevent stolen files from being disclosed.
The strange thing is that, despite claiming to be a ransomware gang, the group that stole the money goes by the name Kairos. Krish Krish Krish Krish Krish Krish Krish Krish Krish Krish Krish Krish Krish Krish Krish Krish Krish Krish Krish Krish Krish Krish. The danger was more straightforward. After stealing the files, charge the victim to refrain from publishing them.
The discussion indicates Union County, Ohio, but Krishnan does not identify the victim. Union.xlsx, 1 union co psi template.doc, and union.rar are some of the names of the proof-of-the...