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Two Cybersecurity Professionals Get 4-Year Sentences in BlackCat Ransomware Attacks

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Feed Name: The Hacker News

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2026-05-01

Date Updated: 2026-05-01

Author: [email protected] (The Hacker News)

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The U.S. Department of Justice sentenced two cybersecurity professionals to four years for facilitating ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware attacks in 2023; they conspired with a third individual to deploy ransomware, extort victims (including approximately $1.2M in Bitcoin), launder proceeds, and abused insider negotiation roles while the BlackCat RaaS targeted over 1,000 victims worldwide.

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