According to the US Department of Justice, Ryan Mitchell Kramer has pleaded guilty to accessing a computer and obtaining information, and threatening to damage a protected computer, as well as to two felony charges that each carry a prison sentence of up to five years. Kramer is behind the 2024 hack targeting The Walt Disney Company. The media giant launched an investigation into the incident in July 2024, after a threat actor calling itself NullBulge announced the theft of 1.1 Tb of data from
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Between April and June 2024, the NullBulge group emerged, targeting users in AI-centric applications and gaming communities. The NullBulge persona has showcased creative methods of distributing malware targeting said tools and platforms. Though the group projects an image of activism claiming to be “protecting artists around the world” and claims to be motivated by a pro-art, anti-AI cause rather than profit, other activities tied to this threat actor may indicate otherwise.
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