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Two US cybersecurity experts sentenced in ransomware case, third awaits July ruling

Pierluigi Paganini · 4 days ago · Read original ↗

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“cybersecurity professionals pleaded guilty to charges tied to their roles in blackcat / alphv ransomware attacks that occurred in 2023. court records show ryan goldberg, kevin martin, and martino deployed alphv blackcat ransomware against u. s. victims from april to december 2023…”
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“two us cybersecurity experts sentenced in ransomware case, third awaits july ruling two us security experts were sentenced to 4 years for helping ransomware attacks. a third accomplice pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing. two us cybersecurity professionals, ryan goldberg and kev…”
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“and martin were indicted on october 2 for extortion and computer damage. martin pleaded not guilty, while goldberg allegedly confessed to the fbi that he was recruited by an unnamed co - conspirator to “ ransom some companies ” to escape debt. the third individual has not yet bee…”
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“in november, u. s. prosecutors charged ryan clifford goldberg, kevin tyler martin, and another florida - based accomplice ( aka “ co - conspirator 1 ” ) for using blackcat ransomware to hack and extort five u. s. companies in 2023. between may and november 2023, the defendants ca…”
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“and martin were indicted on october 2 for extortion and computer damage. martin pleaded not guilty, while goldberg allegedly confessed to the fbi that he was recruited by an unnamed co - conspirator to “ ransom some companies ” to escape debt. the third individual has not yet bee…”

Summary

Two US security experts were sentenced to 4 years for helping ransomware attacks. A third accomplice pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing. Two US cybersecurity professionals, Ryan Goldberg and Kevin Martin, were sentenced to four years in prison for their role in supporting ransomware attacks. Both pleaded guilty to conspiracy involving extortion. A third individual, Angelo […]