Getting hit with ransomware is seldom short of a nightmare situation. Finding out the call might just be coming from inside the house definitely kicks both the fear and the frustration up a notch.
Three men who had previously worked in the cybersecurity industry have pleaded guilty to conspiring to deploy ransomware. Between April 2023 and November 2023, the group deployed Blackcat/ALPHV ransomware against a number of victims, extorting just one of these for $1.2 million in Bitcoin, according to the US Department of Justice.
The accused are Ryan Goldberg of Georgia, Kevin Martin of Texas, and Florida man Angelo Martino. Law enforcement has since seized $10 million worth of assets from Martino alone. This includes "digital currency, vehicles, a food truck, and a luxury fishing boat that Martino obtained using proceeds of the offense or acquired as a result of the offense."
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