AWS Takeover Campaign, Ransomware Attack on Columbus, and City of Columbus Sues Ransomware Researcher Whistleblower

In Leaky Weekly’s third episode, host and security researcher Nick Ascoli covers recent news in the cybercrime space including the AWS takeover campaign, ransomware attack on Columbus, Ohio, and the city of Columbus suing a ransomware researcher whistleblower.

Here are the resources Nick mentions:

• Leaked Environment Variables Allow Large Scale Extortion Operation in Cloud Environments
• Ransomware Group Claims Columbus Attack, Selling 6 Terabytes of Passwords and More
• Researcher Sued for Sharing Data Stolen by Ransomware with Media
• He Proved the Columbus Data Leak Hurts the Public. Now, the City has Silenced Him

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