INTEL_REPORT
The Hacker News · published 7/4/2026, 12:47:53 PM · TLP amber
Summary
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U.S. Government Entity Paid Kairos $1 Million in Data-Theft Extortion Case A U.S. government entity paid about $1 million to keep stolen files from being leaked, according to a new case study by Rakesh Krishnan for Ransom-ISAC, built on a leaked negotiation chat and the blockchain trail the payment left. The odd part: the group that took the money calls itself Kairos, but it may not be a ransomware gang at all. Krishnan found no sign that it ever locked a single U.S. G…
https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/us-government-entity-paid-kairos-group.html
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