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Two cybersecurity pros get prison time for helping ransomware gang

Anamarija Pogorelec · 2 days ago · Read original ↗

ATT&CK techniques detected

4 predictions
T1486Data Encrypted for Impact
97%
“. the group operated a ransomware - as - a - service model in which developers built and maintained the malware and supporting infrastructure, while affiliates selected targets and carried out attacks. ransom payments were split between developers and affiliates. “ these defendan…”
T1486Data Encrypted for Impact
97%
“two cybersecurity pros get prison time for helping ransomware gang two cybersecurity pros get prison time for helping ransomware gang two american cybersecurity professionals were sentenced to four years in prison for facilitating blackcat ransomware attacks in 2023. they pleaded…”
T1657Financial Theft
57%
“two cybersecurity pros get prison time for helping ransomware gang two cybersecurity pros get prison time for helping ransomware gang two american cybersecurity professionals were sentenced to four years in prison for facilitating blackcat ransomware attacks in 2023. they pleaded…”
T1657Financial Theft
40%
“. the group operated a ransomware - as - a - service model in which developers built and maintained the malware and supporting infrastructure, while affiliates selected targets and carried out attacks. ransom payments were split between developers and affiliates. “ these defendan…”

Summary

Two American cybersecurity professionals were sentenced to four years in prison for facilitating BlackCat ransomware attacks in 2023. They pleaded guilty in December 2025 to one count of conspiracy to obstruct, delay, or affect commerce, or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce, by extortion. According to court documents, Ryan Goldberg, Kevin Martin, and their co-conspirator Angelo Martino deployed ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware between April and December 2023 against multiple victims across the United States. … More

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