Former DigitalMint ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to extortion scheme
2026-04-22T02:51:39Z•9c607520506855b4a35b2e91aa52b2d5a0211eac8550b221f12161b836f52d3d
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What happened
Collection of CyberScoop reports covering multiple high-impact incidents and policy developments: a former DigitalMint ransomware negotiator pleaded guilty after facilitating $75.3M in extortion payments; a key member of Scattered Spider pleaded guilty for a prolific attack spree; lawmakers are considering terrorism/homicide charges related to hospital ransomware impacts. Security coverage highlights include a prompt-injection vulnerability in Google’s Antigravity AI agent manager that can escape its sandbox and enable remote code execution, a Vercel breach originating from malware disguised (
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- 2026-04-22T02:51:39Z
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