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observed · 2026-10-12 15:25:04 UTC
The owner of a ransomware remediation company is facing trial for defrauding customers. Zohar Pinhasi, also known as “Zack Silver” and “Zack Green,” has been arraigned in New York on wire fraud charges for allegedly defrauding clients of his ransomware remediation company, MonsterCloud. Pinhasi falsely claimed he could recover documents encrypted by ransomware without paying a ransom, according to district attorney Joseph Nocella. “The defendant re-victimized his clients while extracting a hefty profit for himself,” Nocella said. MonsterCloud claimed to offer an alternative to paying the ransom. Its website said that, thanks to its decryption techniques, “our team specializes in helping businesses recover their data without succumbing to ransom demands.” However, the indictment alleges that rather than using any technology, Pinhasi simply paid the cybercriminals in exchange for a decryption key with which MonsterCloud employees would then an attempt to unlock their clients’ files. It is alleged that Pinhasi typically charged clients a fee that was substantially higher than the ransom payment. For example, in 2023, he made a payment of $8,200 to a cyb
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observed · 2026-10-12 15:25:03 UTC
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