7 days ago · United States
FBI Arrests Founder of Ransomware Negotiation Firm
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a security story. Krebs on Security is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to United States. The first report grouped here was at 10 Oct 2026, 00:17 UTC. 2 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “FBI Arrests Founder of Ransomware Negotiation Firm”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday arrested the co-founder of a Canadian cybersecurity firm in connection with an investigation into the ShinyHunters hacking group that recently relieved the FBI of sensitive data on thousands of agents, multiple sources tell KrebsOnSecurity.
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by Krebs on Security
- Picked up by Krebs on Security
Reported by 1 outlet
- Krebs on Security
- Krebs on SecurityFBI Arrests Executive at Ransomware Negotiation Firm