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Angelo Martino exploited his insider position and fed confidential information to ransomware co-conspirators to extort a combined $75.3 million from five U.S.-based victims. The post Former DigitalMint ransomware negotiator who duped clients sentenced to 70 months in jail appeared first on CyberScoop.
Also, YellowKey Bypasses BitLocker, Škoda Breach, Kingdom Market Operator JailedThis week, U.S. lawmakers urged action on AI, a BitLocker exploit. Škoda, Nvidia’s GeForce NOW partner and telehealth firm OpenLoop reported breaches. Patch Tuesday. A dark market operator sentenced and pro-Ukraine and Iranian-linked hacking. Nitrogen ransomware attack on Foxconn.
The cybersecurity workers used their knowledge and skills to conduct ransomware attacks for notorious gang, rather than protect victims against them
Charges against the ransomware gang member included damage to computers, conspiracy to commit fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
A 34-year-old Russian-Canadian national has been sentenced to nearly four years in jail in Canada for his participation in the LockBit global ransomware operation
Russian-Canadian cybercriminal Mikhail Vasiliev has been sentenced to four years in prison by an Ontario court for his involvement in the LockBit ransomware operation. [...]
28-year-old Ashley Liles, a former IT employee, has been sentenced to over three years in prison for attempting to blackmail his employer during a ransomware attack. [...]
Qilin gang crims can earn up to 85 percent of extortion cash, or jail Business is very good for affiliates of the Qilin ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group, which is very bad for the rest of us.…
Avast issues a free decryptor so victims can get their data back Cybersecurity firm Avast has released a free decryptor for victims of BianLian – an emerging ransomware threat that came into the public eye in last year.…
And note to his crime pals – he said he would sing like a canary An ex-Canadian government worker who extorted tens of millions of dollars from organizations worldwide using the NetWalker ransomware has been sent down for 20 years.…
Also, Chinese IT admin jailed for deleting database, and the NSA promises no more backdoors In brief The notorious Russian-aligned Conti ransomware gang has upped the ante in its attack against Costa Rica, threatening to overthrow the government if it doesn't pay a $20 million ransom. …