Ransomware Negotiator Gets 70 Months in Prison for Aiding BlackCat Attacks

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Angelo Martino, a 41-year-old former ransomware negotiator at DigitalMint, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for conspiring with the BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware group, feeding confidential client information to attackers and helping extort $75.3 million from five U.S. victims. The case underscores insider threat risks within incident response firms and is the third U.S. cybersecurity professional sentenced for aiding ransomware gangs.

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