Published • loading... • Updated
Three Cybersecurity Pros Indicted for Ransomware Attacks
Three cybersecurity experts indicted for deploying ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware in 2023, extorting $1.27 million from a Florida medical device firm, with attacks across multiple U.S. states.
- Last month, federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment charging Kevin Tyler Martin, Ryan Clifford Goldberg, and an unnamed co-conspirator in the U.S. Southern District of Florida for deploying BlackCat ransomware against five U.S. companies between May and November 2023.
- The indictment alleges the defendants conspired to 'enrich' themselves by stealing data, installing BlackCat, and demanding cryptocurrency payments, while Goldberg confessed recruitment by Co-Conspirator 1 to 'try and ransom some companies' to escape debt.
- Records show ransom demands ranged from $300,000 to $10 million, with the Tampa medical device company paying about $1.27 million after a $10 million demand, and other victims faced $1,000,000 and $300,000 demands.
- Martin and Goldberg now face federal charges including extortion and intentional damage, with up to 50 years in prison; DigitalMint and Sygnia Cybersecurity Services have cooperated, and Sygnia terminated Goldberg immediately.
- The FBI has linked BlackCat affiliates to over 60 breaches and at least $300 million in ransoms, while prosecutors note ALPHV's affiliate model fueled last year's Change Healthcare attack, and security researchers warn insider involvement erodes industry trust.
Insights by Ground AI
Podcasts & Opinions
68 Articles
68 Articles
Cybersecurity Agents Accused of Working With Notorious Blackcat Hackers to Extort Firms
Three rogue cybersecurity professionals ran a covert ransomware operation aimed at extorting companies across the United States by encrypting their networks, prosecutors said. They each collaborated with notorious hacking gang ALPHV, also known as Blackcat, in an attempt to extort their owners out of millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency, prosecutors alleged in an indictment filed last month in a federal court in Miami, Florida. The profe…
·New York, United States
Read Full Article
Ex-Cybersecurity Staffers Charged With Moonlighting as Hackers
Three employees at cybersecurity companies spent years moonlighting as criminal hackers, launching their own ransomware attacks in a plot to extort millions of dollars from victims around the country, US prosecutors alleged in court filings.
·New York, United States
Read Full Article
Coverage Details
Total News Sources68
Leaning Left7Leaning Right2Center27Last UpdatedBias Distribution75% Center
Bias Distribution
- 75% of the sources are Center
75% Center
L 19%
C 75%
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
