AYush Chhabra

The Risk Gap

Perspectives on risk, security, and decisions that matter

  • Ransomware Gangs Are Breaking In Through VPNs and Firewalls

    The second most active ransomware group in the world right now is breaking into companies through their VPNs and firewalls — the equipment those companies bought specifically to keep attackers out. The door isn’t being left unlocked. The lock itself is the way in.The group, called The Gentlemen, has claimed over 330 victims since mid-2025,

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  • Hackers Talked Meta’s AI Support Bot Into Handing Over Instagram Accounts

    Hackers seized high-profile Instagram accounts — including the Obama White House’s — not by breaking anything, but by asking nicely. Meta had deployed an AI chatbot to handle account recovery, and attackers discovered it would happily link a stranger’s email address to someone else’s account, then send that address the code needed to reset the

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