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Two cybersecurity employees plead guilty to carrying out ransomware attacks

  • Emma Roth--The Verge
  • published date: 2025-12-30 18:32:27 UTC

Two former employees at cybersecurity firms - one of whom was a ransomware negotiator - have pleaded guilty to carrying out a series of ransomware attacks in 2023. The Department of Justice announced the guilty pleas on Tuesday, saying 40-year-old Ryan Goldbe…

<ul><li></li><li></li><li></li></ul> The pair targeted several companies with ALPHV / BlackCat ransomware and extorted $1.2 million in Bitcoin. The pair targeted several companies with ALPHV / Blac… [+3197 chars]