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U.S. Government Agency Paid $1M to Data Extortion Group Kairos

  • Pierluigi Paganini--Securityaffairs.com
  • published date: 2026-07-04 16:53:35 UTC

A U.S. government agency paid $1M to Kairos, a group focused on data theft and extortion rather than ransomware, Ransom-ISAC reports. A new case study from Ransom-ISAC reconstructs a complete data-extortion incident involving a U.S. government body and a thre…

U.S. Government Agency Paid $1M to Data Extortion Group Kairos A new case study from Ransom-ISAC reconstructs a complete data-extortion incident involving a U.S. government body and a threat actor c… [+8752 chars]