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July 10, 2026 at 08:17 UTC
Former ransomware negotiator gets 4 years for BlackCat attacks
By Sergiu Gatlan
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Angelo Martino, a former DigitalMint cybersecurity employee hired to negotiate ransomware payments on behalf of victims, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for secretly working with the BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware group to extort those same clients. Separately, Armenian national Karen Vardanyan pleaded guilty to deploying Ryuk ransomware and faces up to 15 years in prison with nearly $1.2 million in restitution.
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