Data recovery firm CEO colluded with ransomware hackers to solicit victims
The head of a data recovery company colluded with ransomware hackers to solicit business from victims. The chief executive was sentenced to three years in prison at first instance.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Ransomware attacks and collusion between hackers and the data recovery firm's chief executive
- Location
- South Korea
Timeline
- It emerged that the head of a data recovery company who colluded with ransomware hackers to solicit victims was sentenced to three years in prison at first instance.
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