Kairos Ransomware: Data-Extortion Case Study Involving a U.S. Government Entity
A leaked negotiation transcript and payment-flow analysis of a successful $1 million ransom payment by a U.S. government body to Kairos — a data-extortion actor whose "ransomware group" status remains unverified — including fund tracing to ByBit, OKX, and BELQI exchange touchpoints.