ISMG Editors: No Honor Among Ransomware Thieves

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In this week's panel, four ISMG editors examined how cybercriminals may be turning on each other, what security leaders are really saying about machine identities and artificial intelligence risk, and how shifting U.S.-Europe dynamics are reshaping technology resilience and digital sovereignty.

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The panelists - Anna Delaney, executive director, productions; Tony Morbin, executive news editor, EU; Mathew Schwartz, executive editor of DataBreachToday and Europe; and Tom Field, senior vice president, editorial - discussed:

• How a purported new ransomware group called ZeroAPT may actually be scamming other cybercriminals by faking victims, possibly using AI-generated data, and how mistrust and deception amplified by AI are increasingly common within the ransomware ecosystem;
• Insights from recent roundtables on securing machine identities and AI systems, signaling major challenges related to ...