ShinyHunters, a prolific cybercrime group, threatened to leak data from more than 8,800 school systems.

Researchers found artifacts in the code that proved AI was heavily involved. A prominent cybercrime group planned to exploit the zero-day en masse for financial gain.

Howard Ting, CEO of Opal Security

Deniss Zolotarjovs was mostly tasked with putting pressure on the Russia-based crew’s victims, in one case leaking hundreds of children’s health records.

Ryan Goldberg and Kevin Martin attacked five companies in 2023 and extorted nearly $1.3 million from one of their victims.

Some attackers, which researchers link to The Com, have swatted company executives to increase leverage and pressure victims to pay their ransom demands.

Eran Haggiag, CEO & Founder, Glide Identity

The company said it found more evidence of compromise across its customer base. Exposure, which has yet to be defined, poses significant downstream risk.

Angelo Martino helped accomplices extort a combined $75.3 million in ransom payments from five victim companies.

Tyler Robert Buchanan “was the glue that held this gang together,” a cybercrime researcher said. He faces up to 22 years in federal prison.