Rogue Ransomware Negotiator Rattles Trust in Outside Data-Breach Responders | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware

A federal case against a corporate negotiator who secretly worked with cybercriminals to secure larger ransomware payments is raising concerns over the level of trust companies place in third-party cyber-incident responders.

“The industry has considered or even joked about a version of this risk for years,” said Craig Jones, chief security officer at detection-and-response firm Ontinue. “What this case exposes is what happens when nobody took that concern seriously enough to do anything about it.”