{"id":9443,"date":"2026-08-18T19:11:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T19:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/18\/ransom-busters-claims-it-hacked-ransomware-servers-asks-victims-for-up-to-60000\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T19:11:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T19:11:47","slug":"ransom-busters-claims-it-hacked-ransomware-servers-asks-victims-for-up-to-60000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/18\/ransom-busters-claims-it-hacked-ransomware-servers-asks-victims-for-up-to-60000\/","title":{"rendered":"Ransom Busters Claims It Hacked Ransomware Servers, Asks Victims for Up to $60,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bA ransomware affiliate calling itself Ransom Busters has been spotted proactively sending emails to victim organizations and claims to delete stolen data from ransomware groups&#8217; servers in exchange for a fee ranging from $20,000 to $60,000.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In these messages, the third-party offers to help the victim recover from ransomware attack. This immediately stands out as anomalous,&#8221; GuidePoint Research\u00a0A ransomware affiliate calling itself Ransom Busters has been spotted proactively sending emails to victim organizations and claims to delete stolen data from ransomware groups&#8217; servers in exchange for a fee ranging from $20,000 to $60,000.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In these messages, the third-party offers to help the victim recover from ransomware attack. This immediately stands out as anomalous,&#8221; GuidePoint Research\u00a0\u00a0The Hacker News<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bA ransomware affiliate calling itself Ransom Busters has been spotted proactively sending emails to victim organizations and claims to delete stolen data from ransomware groups&#8217; servers in exchange for a fee ranging from $20,000 to $60,000. &#8220;In these messages, the third-party offers to help the victim recover from ransomware attack. This immediately stands out as&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/18\/ransom-busters-claims-it-hacked-ransomware-servers-asks-victims-for-up-to-60000\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ransom Busters Claims It Hacked Ransomware Servers, Asks Victims for Up to $60,000<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9443"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}