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@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social 4 hours ago

New, by me: A federal court has jailed a Florida man for helping a notorious ransomware gang extort U.S. companies while working for a cyber company as a *ransomware negotiator*. He's the third security person to be jailed for this (batshit) extortion scheme.

More, by me: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/florida-ransomware-negotiator-convicted-for-helping-ransomware-gang-extort-us-companies/

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Florida ransomware negotiator convicted for helping ransomware gang extort US companies | TechCrunch

A third ransomware negotiator has been jailed for helping a notorious ransomware group to extort American victim companies into paying the hackers.

@bananamangodog@aus.social 3 hours ago

@zackwhittaker
Surely you meant "promoted" not "convicted"?

@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social 3 hours ago

@bananamangodog

GhostOnTheHalfShell

@GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai 3 hours ago

The ransomware individual didn’t have the right Floridianconnections

@MisuseCase@twit.social 4 hours ago

@zackwhittaker I was like “oh, I think I heard about this guy” and then by the end of the post I was like “wait, there’s at least three of this guy?”