The owner of Florida-based ransomware remediation company MonsterCloud has been charged with fraud for allegedly paying ransomware gangs behind his clients’ backs and billing them far more than the ransom. Zohar Pinhasi (aka “Zack Silver” and “Zack Green”), a 50-year-old US and Israeli national from Hollywood, Florida, allegedly billed MonsterCloud clients more than $19 million while paying more t...
The owner of Florida-based ransomware remediation company MonsterCloud has been charged with fraud for allegedly paying ransomware gangs behind his clients’ backs and billing them far more than the ransom. Zohar Pinhasi (aka “Zack Silver” and “Zack Green”), a 50-year-old US and Israeli national from Hollywood, Florida, allegedly billed MonsterCloud clients more than $19 million while paying more than $8 million to the ransomware gangs that attacked them. According to the indictment, Pinhasi told prospective … More
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