Two Cybersecurity Professionals Plead Guilty to Targeting Multiple U.S. Victims Using ALPHV BlackCat Ransomware

A U.S. federal court accepted guilty pleas from Ryan Goldberg and Kevin Martin for conspiring to conduct ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware attacks across the U.S. in 2023, including five intrusions that yielded a $1.2M Bitcoin ransom and a data leak at a California doctor’s office; the pair, both formerly in cybersecurity roles, operated with an unnamed co-conspirator, shared 20% of ransoms with BlackCat administrators, laundered proceeds, and now face up to 20 years in prison at sentencing on March 12, 2026.