FBI Arrests Executive at Ransomware Negotiation Firm
2026-10-11T07:23:21Z•147451087c72d205dc3defe80ffba5313450c6e7c9b07404186faf98ba54a400
FBIMicrosoft vulnerabilitiesShinyHuntersTeamPCPactively exploited vulnerabilitycall metadatacybercrime arrestsdark webdata breachdata brokersdata extortiondriver's licensesidentity theftprivacyransomwaresoftware supply chaintelecommunications
What happened
KrebsOnSecurity reports on major cybercrime investigations, arrests, ransomware-linked extortion, mass data theft, identity-document sales, software supply-chain attacks, telecom breaches, and large Microsoft vulnerability disclosures. The most significant incidents involve ShinyHunters activity affecting sensitive FBI data, a service offering more than 153 million driver's-license scans, and alleged TeamPCP supply-chain attacks impacting thousands of businesses. Microsoft also disclosed large batches of security flaws, including actively exploited vulnerabilities.
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