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Ransomware negotiator admits role in attacks he was hired to resolve

ID: c563226c-86b7-5d26-a5e8-7005e97fcebb

STIX ID: report--c563226c-86b7-5d26-a5e8-7005e97fcebb

Feed Name: Help Net Security

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2026-04-21

Date Updated: 2026-04-28

Author: Sinisa Markovic

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**Executive summary:** Angelo Martino, a former ransomware negotiator at DigitalMint, pleaded guilty to conspiring with members of the BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware group to provide confidential victim negotiation information that aided extortion; co-conspirators Ryan Goldberg and Kevin Martin also pleaded guilty, law enforcement seized roughly $10M in proceeds, and Martino faces sentencing and up to 20 years in prison.

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