2 US Cybersecurity Experts Guilty of Extortion Scheme for ALPHV Ransomware
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Two U.S. cybersecurity professionals admitted they served as affiliates for the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware RaaS, carrying out extortion attacks against U.S. companies throughout 2023, collecting millions in ransom (one payout ≈ $1.2M) and contributing to total losses over $9.5M; they exploited insider knowledge from day jobs at incident-response and negotiation firms and have pleaded guilty with sentencing scheduled for March 2026.
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