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MonsterCloud Owner Charged with Defrauding Ransomware Victims $19M
- Engineer — Skip
- SOC/IR — Learn: This case illustrates that some incident response vendors secretly pay ransoms rather than use proprietary recovery tools — worth factoring into how your org vets IR retainer providers.
- Leader — Plan: Review any current or prospective IR vendor contracts to require explicit disclosure of ransom payment practices; this case demonstrates the legal and reputational risk of undisclosed ransom facilitation.
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