Hackers tattle to SEC: is this a good thing for cyberdefenders?

ALPHV/BlackCat publicly pressured MeridianLink—filing an SEC complaint and threatening to publish stolen data—alleging the company failed to disclose a material cyber incident within the SEC's four-business-day reporting window; the article frames the stunt as an example of attacker audacity while discussing cybercriminal collaboration and arguing the episode may push victims toward greater transparency under the new SEC rules.