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Former Ransomware Negotiator Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison for Secretly Helping BlackCat Gang

ID: 334b0c48-05bc-5a34-a7db-5bca8708fe0b

STIX ID: report--334b0c48-05bc-5a34-a7db-5bca8708fe0b

Feed Name: Security Affairs

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2026-07-10

Date Updated: 2026-07-19

Author: Pierluigi Paganini

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The report describes the sentencing of former ransomware negotiator Angelo Martino to 70 months for conspiring with the BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware group by secretly sharing client negotiation strategies and insurance limits to increase ransom demands; it details co-conspirators, guilty pleas, an example ~$1.2M Bitcoin extortion, and approximately $10M in assets seized by law enforcement.

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