"The three men agreed to pay the ALPHV BlackCat administrators a 20% share of any ransoms received in exchange for access to the ransomware and ALPHV/BlackCat's extortion platform."
"All three men worked in the cybersecurity industry - meaning that they had special skills and experience in securing computer systems against harm, including the type of harm they themselves were committing against the victims in this case."
"These defendants exploited specialized cybersecurity knowledge not to protect victims, but to extort them."
Ryan Goldberg and Kevin Martin were sentenced to four years in prison for their involvement in BlackCat ransomware attacks. They conspired with Angelo Martino to deploy ransomware against multiple U.S. victims. The trio agreed to pay BlackCat administrators a 20% share of ransoms for access to the ransomware. They extorted a victim for $1.2 million in Bitcoin, laundering the funds afterward. Although the BlackCat RaaS scheme is defunct, it targeted over 1,000 victims globally. Martino, also guilty, is set for sentencing in July 2026.
Read at The Hacker News
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