{"id":12558,"date":"2026-05-02T05:04:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T05:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/a-ransomware-negotiator-was-working-for-a-ransomware-gang-html\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T05:04:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T05:04:04","slug":"a-ransomware-negotiator-was-working-for-a-ransomware-gang-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/a-ransomware-negotiator-was-working-for-a-ransomware-gang-html\/","title":{"rendered":"A Ransomware Negotiator Was Working for a Ransomware Gang"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>A Ransomware Negotiator Was Working for a Ransomware Gang<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Someone <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/a-ransomware-negotiator-pleads-guilty-to-being-a-double-agent-2000749234\">pleaded guilty<\/a> to secretly working for a ransomware gang as he negotiated ransomware payments for clients.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    Bruce Schneier<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneier.com\/blog\/archives\/2026\/05\/a-ransomware-negotiator-was-working-for-a-ransomware-gang.html\">Go to bruce schneier<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Ransomware Negotiator Was Working for a Ransomware Gang Someone pleaded guilty to secretly working for a ransomware gang as he negotiated ransomware payments for clients. Bruce Schneier Go to bruce schneier<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,463,231,1],"tags":[87],"class_list":["post-12558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bruce-schneier","category-cybercrime","category-ransomware","category-uncategorized","tag-bruce-schneier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12558"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}