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Akira, ShinyHunters, and The Gentlemen: Extortion Lessons From Early 2026
What factors have driven the top ransomware and extortion groups' success in early 2026? And how should organizations structure their defenses to protect against them?
Join hosts Alexandra and John as they discuss:
How Akira is exploiting unknown assets inherited through M&A
Why ShinyHunters' vishing and SaaS misconfiguration models work
How The Gentlemen grew 588% quarter-over-quarter
Two questions your organization should be asking right now:
Have you run a full asset discovery sweep on every environment inherited through acquisition in the last few years?
Do you have automated containment…
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