AEGIS REPUTATION LAB
News Analysis
We take a fresh story on our beat — data breaches, cyber-extortion, kompromat, information attacks, changes in law and platform policy — and explain what it means for a company's reputation and what to do about it. Not a news recap, but a practical reputational takeaway.
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News Analysis · August 18, 2026
The Paquetá Case: Why an Acquittal Never Cleaned Up the Search Results
A collapsed ~£85m Manchester City transfer, 2.5 years under an FA investigation, a full acquittal in July 2025 — and search results that never noticed. Now a Brazilian Senate inquiry into his family has revived the story. A breakdown of why a suspicion outlives the verdict.
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News Analysis · August 16, 2026
The Durov Case: How One Registry Entry Reshapes a Digital Profile
On July 29–30 the FSB filed charges in absentia against the Telegram founder, and Rosfinmonitoring added him to its terrorist and extremist list. Using open sources only, we trace how one entry cascades through banks, screening databases and search within 48 hours — and why the same mechanism is more dangerous for a private person.
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News Analysis · August 3, 2026
A Data Breach Is Reputational Blackmail: What IBM's Latest Report Teaches and What a Business Should Do
The average breach now costs $4.99M, and 41% of extortionists lean on the threat of publication rather than encryption. Why a breach has become a reputational attack and what a business should do in the first hours — the legal, communications and SEO reputation response loop.
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