"The filing, made in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida in October, but first reported a month later by the Chicago Sun Times, names Kevin Tyler Martin and an unnamed individual referred to as Co-Conspirator 1 - both of whom worked as ransomware negotiators for DigitalMint, a Chicago-based incident response firm - and Ryan Clifford Goldberg - an incident response manager for Sygnia Cybersecurity Services."
"The three men are accused of hacking into their victims' networks, stealing data and executing ALPHV/BlackCat. They allegedly demanded ransoms of between $300,000 and $10m, and received at least one cryptocurrency payout worth approximately $1.27m. According to a September FBI affidavit, their cyber crime spree began in May 2023, when the unnamed conspirator obtained an ALPHV/BlackCat affiliate account which he shared with Goldberg and Martin - who is identified in the affidavit as Co-Conspirator 2."
Three cybersecurity professionals have been indicted for allegedly extorting five organisations using the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware locker in their spare time. Victims included a doctor's office and an engineering company in California, a medical device company in Florida, a pharmaceutical company in Maryland, and a drone manufacturer in Virginia. The suspects worked in incident response roles at known firms and allegedly demanded ransoms between $300,000 and $10m. The campaign began in May 2023 after an unnamed conspirator obtained and shared an affiliate account. Profits were split after paying the gang, then laundered through a mixer and multiple crypto wallets. One defendant confessed to joining to clear debts and later left the US for France; the employers are cooperating with investigators.
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