Leaked chats: Russian extortion gang sent 'agents' into US law firms
Recorded Future News reviewed thousands of leaked messages from the Russia-based Silent Ransom Group (also tracked as Luna Moth and Chatty Spider), spanning August 2025 to September 2026. Members discussed sending operatives into US law firms posing as couriers and IT staff, kidnapping executives and spying on submarine-based nuclear forces. Chainalysis tied crypto addresses in the leak to known extortions, and the archive names about 50 organizations with roughly $200 million in claimed settlements.
- Archive holds thousands of messages from August 2025 to September 2026
- About 50 organizations, mostly law firms, and ~$200M in claimed settlements
- Chainalysis linked crypto addresses in the leak to Silent Ransom Group extortions
- FBI previously warned of 'agents' posing as IT staff to enter offices
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