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The owner of a ransomware recovery firm was hit with wire fraud charges for allegedly making secret ransom payments while overcharging the victims of attacks.
The Record
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MonsterCloud owner Zohar Pinhasi allegedly paid ransomware demands behind clients’ backs, then charged them millions for the supposed recovery. Zohar Pinhasi, the owner of Florida-based MonsterCloud, was charged this week with wire fraud. Federal prosecutors say his clients were scammed twice during the same ransomware crisis. Pinhasi (50) also used the names “Zack Silver” and…
Security Affairs
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The owner of a US ransomware remediation company allegedly promised businesses he could recover their files without paying cybercriminals. Prosecutors say he secretly paid the hackers instead — and charged victims substantially more. Imagine your company has just been hacked with ransomware. You hire a cybersecurity firm that says it can recover your files without…
Bitdefender
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Zohar Pinhasi was paying ransoms to obtain decryption keys and then charging victims substantially more for remediation.
SecurityWeek
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The owner of Florida-based ransomware remediation company MonsterCloud has been charged with fraud for allegedly paying ransomware gangs behind his clients’ backs and billing them far more than the ransom. Zohar Pinhasi (aka “Zack Silver” and “Zack Green”), a 50-year-old US and Israeli national from Hollywood, Florida, allegedly billed MonsterCloud clients more than $19 million…
Help Net Security
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Feds claim he charged clients more than ransoms, paid up, pocketed the difference…
The Register
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Here’s another case where the folks who were supposed to be the good guys helping you may be harming you. Zohar Pinhasi, 50, also known as “Zack Silver” and “Zack Green,” a U.S. and Israeli national, was arraigned today in the Eastern District of New York on wire fraud charges relating to Pinhasi’s false representations……
DataBreaches.net
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The owner of ransomware remediation company MonsterCloud has been charged with allegedly defrauding ransomware victims by secretly paying their attackers for decryptors while claiming to use proprietary technology to recover encrypted data.
BleepingComputer
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DataBreaches has reported extensively on Silent Ransom Group in 2026, often including material provided exclusively to this site by the group. Now, what appears to be a leak of their internal chats may shed additional light on their success. DataBreaches has reported on Silent Ransom Group (SRG) since 2022, with particular interest in their numerous……
DataBreaches.net
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Ransomware groups are increasingly targeting backup infrastructure to eliminate recovery options and increase pressure on victims to pay. Kaseya explains why organizations need isolated, immutable, and regularly tested backups that attackers cannot easily reach.
BleepingComputer
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A teenager from Amman, Jordan suspected of leading the prolific data theft and extortion group ShinyHunters has been detained and is reportedly cooperating with the FBI to identify other members of the hacking gang. KrebsOnSecurity has learned that the suspect, who uses the hacker handle “Rey,” was detained as ShinyHunters was in the process of…
Krebs on Security
