Executive Summary

Ransom Busters, a ransomware affiliate, claims to have compromised ransomware groups' servers and offers to delete stolen data for a fee of $20,000–$60,000. The group contacts victims via email, presenting itself as a recovery service, but the offer is essentially extortion. GuidePoint Research notes the anomaly.

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Intelligence Metadata - Source Publisher: The Hacker News - Published Date: 2026-08-18T16:58:16+00:00 - Category: threat-intel

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