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Cyber exec arrested in case allegedly tied to ShinyHunters hackers

Canadian cyber executive Edward Dubrovsky was arrested on extortion charges allegedly tied to ShinyHunters.

Edward Dubrovsky, 54, a Canadian cybersecurity executive formerly associated with CYPFER and CyberSteward, was arrested in Pennsylvania and transferred to the Eastern District of Texas. Sealed charges include conspiracy to threaten the confidentiality of information in order to extort money and Hobbs Act extortion. Reports link the arrest to the FBI crackdown on ShinyHunters, including an FBI jobs-portal hack, though the FBI has not publicly confirmed his role. The FBI says ShinyHunters and associates breached more than 140 organizations and collected over $70 million in the past year.

BleepingComputer15:07 UTC · 6h agoPolicy & legal 3 sources1

Canadian cybersecurity executive arrested in federal extortion case

Canadian CYPFER founder Edward Dubrovsky was arrested in Pennsylvania on federal extortion charges linked to ShinyHunters.

Edward Dubrovsky, 54, former chief operating officer and founder of ransomware-negotiation firm CYPFER, was arrested Thursday in Pennsylvania on federal charges of conspiracy to extort and Hobbs Act extortion. Other case details remain sealed, but reporting and an FBI statement indicate the arrest aligns with the ShinyHunters intrusion of FBI systems that exposed personal data on thousands of bureau employees. The FBI said the breach came through a third-party platform where an Accenture contractor had not installed a security patch. Dubrovsky’s case was moved to the Eastern District of Texas, where he will be held pending a detention hearing.

CyberScoopupdated 15:07 UTC · 6h agofirst 13:35 UTC · 7h agoPolicy & legal 3 sources

FBI Arrests Founder of Ransomware Negotiation Firm

The FBI arrested Canadian ransomware-negotiation executive Edward Dubrovsky on extortion charges tied to ShinyHunters.

The FBI arrested Edward Dubrovsky, a Canadian co-founder of Cypfer now associated with CyberSteward, in Pennsylvania on cyber extortion and conspiracy charges tied to the ShinyHunters investigation. Court records show an October 8 arrest and a transfer toward the Eastern District of Texas, which sources say is leading the case. ShinyHunters, which phishes and uses stolen credentials to steal SaaS data and extort victims, has taken more than $70 million this year and stole sensitive FBI recruitment data. Related arrests include Pepijn van der Stap in the Netherlands and teenager Saif Al-din Khader, known as Rey, in Jordan.

Krebs on Securityupdated 15:07 UTC · 6h agofirst 00:17 UTC · 21h agoPolicy & legal in the wild 3 sources

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