"The court's sentences today reflect the damage that these defendants inflicted during their cyberattacks on victim companies throughout the United States. They played hardball with them, going so far as to cause the leak of patient data from a doctor's office victim."
"These were supposed to be cybersecurity specialists who did good and helped businesses and people. Instead, they used their high-level cyber skills to feed their greed."
Ryan Goldberg and Kevin Martin were sentenced for conspiracy related to ransomware attacks that occurred between April and December 2023. They targeted victims across the United States, extorting $1.2 million in Bitcoin from one victim. The trio, including Angelo Martino, laundered their share of the ransom. Their background in cybersecurity provided them with insights to execute these crimes. The Justice Department emphasized the significant damage caused by their actions, particularly the leak of sensitive patient data, and called for severe punishment for such offenders.
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