Another ShinyHunters Leader Busted
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Another ShinyHunters Leader Busted

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 5, 202611 min
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ShinyHunters Leader Detained in Jordan, KillSec Takedown, Vicksburg Ransomware, and OpenAI Agent Lawsuit Host David Shipley reports that Jordan detained an alleged ShinyHunters member known as Rey (Saif Aldin Khadr), with sources saying he is cooperating with the FBI as the group's leak site went dark and a new one later appeared amid claims of an FBI breach tied to an alleged Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day and data theft. Spanish police also arrested a 16-year-old suspected of running the KillSec ransomware gang, along with suspects in the UK and Romania, seizing its leak site and at...

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Shiny Hunter's newest leader is detained in Jordan and may be helping the FBI hunt down the rest of the gang. Spanish police arrest a 16-year-old suspected of running the KillSec ransomware gang. A ransomware attack forces Vicksburg, Mississippi to shut down. OpenAI faces a new lawsuit over the hugging-face incident.

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This is Cybersecurity Today, and I'm your host, David Shipley. Let's get started. Jordanian authorities have detained a suspected shiny hunters member known online as Ray. And Reuters reports he's now helping the FBI find the rest of the gang.

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Two sources told Reuters that Saif al-Din Qadr was taken into custody last Tuesday. One source says Qadr is walking investigators through his devices and digital communications to identify his alleged co-conspirators. Another called his cooperation critical to ongoing arrest efforts. Last week, we brought you a warning from the FBI Cyber Division Assistant Director Brett Leatherman.

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