Zack Whittaker reports:
A security researcher says six companies were saved from having to pay potentially hefty ransom demands, in part thanks to rookie security flaws found in the web infrastructure used by the ransomware gangs themselves.
Two companies received the decryption keys to unscramble their data without having to pay the cybercriminals a ransom, and four hacked crypto companies were alerted before the ransomware gang could begin encrypting their files, marking rare wins for the targeted victim organizations.
Vangelis Stykas, a security researcher and chief technology officer at Atropos.ai, set out on a research project to identify the command and control servers behind over 100 ransomware and extortion-focused groups and their data leak sites.
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