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Former incident responders plead guilty to ransomware attack spree

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STIX ID: report--7624d14e-4762-5d7c-a423-ba8453592e84

Feed Name: CyberScoop

Threat Score
78/100

Date Published: 2025-12-19

Date Updated: 2026-04-21

Author: Matt Kapko

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Former incident response professionals pled guilty to conspiring to deploy ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware in a six-month 2023 campaign that targeted multiple organizations (including healthcare, pharmaceutical, engineering, and manufacturing), resulting in over $9.5M in losses and a nearly $1.3M ransom payment from a medical company; defendants face forfeiture, potential fines, and reduced sentences contingent on cooperation.

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