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In a controversial case, ransomware negotiator Angelo Martino was sentenced to prison after using his position to aid hackers. The ransomware negotiator, who was supposed to be fighting the hackers, was secretly working with them. What happened? Federal prosecutors say the ransomware negotiator exploited channels used to manage cyberattacks, turning sensitive breach data into leverage for the benefit of the very hackers he was meant to be fighti…
Former ransomware negotiator gets 4 years for BlackCat attacks
A former employee of cybersecurity incident response company DigitalMint was sentenced to 70 months in prison for targeting U.S. companies in BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware attacks. The FBI linked the BlackCat ransomware gang to more than 60 breaches between November 2021 and March 2022, adding in a separate advisory that the cybercrime group had collected at least $300 million in ransom payments from more than 1,000 victims through September 2023.…
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Former ransomware negotiator gets 4 years for BlackCat attacks | #ransomware | #cybercrime - National Cyber Security Consulting
A former employee of cybersecurity incident response company DigitalMint was sentenced to 70 months in prison for targeting U.S. companies in BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware attacks. The FBI linked the BlackCat ransomware gang to more than 60 breaches between November 2021 and March 2022, adding in a separate advisory that the cybercrime group had collected at […] Thank you for subscribing to our RSS feed! The post Former ransomware negotiator gets …
Ransomware negotiator who conspired with BlackCat threat actors sentenced to 70 months in prison
Jon Brodkin reports that a third co-conspirator who helped BlackCat attackers by giving them inside information on victims’ defense strategies has now been sentenced. A former ransomware negotiator was sentenced to 70 months in prison yesterday after colluding with BlackCat scammers to extort the victims he was hired to protect. As a ransomware negotiator for the company DigitalMint,... Source
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