Two Americans pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges related to the use of ALPHV BlackCat ransomware that targeted U.S. victims in 2023. Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of Florida accepted the guilty pleas of Ryan Goldberg, 40, of Georgia, and Kevin Martin, 36, of Texas. The men, both former cybersecurity professionals, conspired to extort American victims by deploying the ALPHV BlackCat ransomware between April and December 2023. They agreed to pay the ransomware operators a 20 percent share of any ransom, and after receiving about $1.2 million in Bitcoin from one victim, they split the remaining 80 percent and laundered the proceeds. The case follows Justice Department actions in December 2023 that led the FBI to develop a decryption tool saving victims roughly $99 million in ransom payments. Goldberg and Martin face up to 20 years in prison and are scheduled for sentencing on March 12, 2026.
https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/two-americans-plead-guilty-to-targeting-multiple-us-victims-using-alphv-blackcat-ransomware
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