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A suspected ShinyHunters member known as Rey has been detained in Jordan and is reportedly helping the FBI track down the rest of the group. Reuters reports that Jordanian authorities detained Saif al-Din Khader, alias Rey, last week, with two of its three sources placing the arrest on Tuesday. One source told the publication that…
What defenders check after a story like this
- Backups kept offline or immutable – and a restore you have actually tested.
- Multi-factor authentication on every remote way in, with VPNs and firewalls patched first.
- Alerts for the warning signs: new admin accounts, security tools switched off, mass file changes, large uploads.
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