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Initial access broker
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<p>Initial access brokers (or IABs) are cyber <a href="/facts/Threat_actor/7MMDYfDb">threat actors</a> who specialize in gaining unauthorized access to <a href="/facts/Computer_network/3w5RM99p">computer networks</a> and systems and then selling that access to other threat actors such as <a href="/facts/Ransomware/muT4jcxj">ransomware</a>. IABs are parts of <a href="/facts/Ransomware_as_a_service/bksSpLPx">ransomware as a service</a> economy, also called "cybercrime as a service economy". </p>