Former Ransomware Negotiator Gets 4 Years for BlackCat Attacks
Martino secretly shared victim negotiation data with BlackCat affiliates and helped drive $75.3 million in ransom demands, prosecutors said.
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A third ransomware negotiator has been jailed for helping a notorious ransomware group to extort American victim companies into paying the hackers.
Former DigitalMint ransomware negotiator who duped clients sentenced to 70 months in jail
A former ransomware negotiator for DigitalMint was sentenced to 70 months in jail for deceiving his employer’s clients and conspiring with ransomware affiliates to extort a combined $75.3 million from five U.S. companies he was entrusted to aid during their moments of extreme crisis, the Justice Department said Thursday. Angelo John Martino III shared confidential information he gained from his work as a ransomware negotiator, including victim …
Pasco County Ransomware Negotiator Gets 70 Months For Secretly Feeding Intel To Hackers - Tampa Free Press
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – A Florida man who was supposed to help companies recover from devastating cyberattacks will spend nearly six years in federal prison after prosecutors revealed he was secretly moonlighting for the hackers. Angelo Martino, 41, of Land O’Lakes, Florida, was sentenced today to 70 months in prison. The former ransomware negotiator pleaded […] Pasco County Ransomware Negotiator Gets 70 Months For Secretly Feeding Intel To Hackers
Putting the wolf to take care of the hen is usually a metaphor for disastrous decisions. In the case of BlackCat ransomware, however, this image has become a reality. An expert hired to help companies deal with cyber attacks ended up secretly collaborating with their own criminals, cheating clients, employers and all the trust placed in their work. The recent conviction of Angelo Martino, alongside Kevin Tyler Martin and Ryan Clifford Goldberg, …
Ransomware Negotiator Gets 70 Months in Prison for Aiding BlackCat Attacks
A 41-year-old former ransomware negotiator has been sentenced to nearly six years (i.e., 70 months) in prison in the U.S. for their role in conspiring with the now-defunct BlackCat ransomware operators to extort multiple victims and working with two other cybersecurity professionals to target additional victims in 2023. In a sentencing memorandum, federal prosecutors described Martino as a "
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