DOJ Sentences Two Americans For ALPHV BlackCat Ransomware Attacks

Two U.S.-based cybersecurity professionals were sentenced for serving as affiliates of the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware RaaS, using their technical expertise to deploy ransomware, exfiltrate sensitive data (including patient records), and extort victims—one extortion reportedly netted about $1.2M. The report details the affiliates' role in the RaaS ecosystem, the global FBI investigation and capture efforts, and a Justice Department disruption that yielded a decryption tool distributed to victims, which reportedly saved an estimated $99M and crippled the group's core infrastructure.