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ShinyHunters has left an alleged trail stretching from university campuses, and major healthcare providers, to government agencies. It even turned on its peers, extorting and publicly humiliating Cl0P ransomware group in a turf war that offered a rare glimpse of the power struggles that underpin the criminal underworld.

In this debut episode of Masked Actors: The Wire, where we take the cyber stories breaking right now and look past the headlines to the threat actors behind them, host Gary Ruddell is joined by Group-IB's Global Threat Research Lead, Anastasia Tikhonova to explore this group's rise. From the FBI investigation to a growing culture of criminal infighting, we unpack why ShinyHunters has become one of the most talked-about names in the underground and what its rise tells us about the future of cyber extortion.

By understanding who these actors are and how they operate, you can better anticipate threats and protect yourself in an increasingly hostile digital world.

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