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.
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