US Cybersecurity Professionals Indicted in Ransomware Scheme

US federal prosecutors have charged two American cybersecurity experts with participating in a ransomware campaign linked to the notorious ALPHV/BlackCat group.

According to court documents unsealed this week in Miami, Ryan Goldberg, a former incident response specialist at Sygnia, and Kevin Martin, formerly employed at Chicago-based DigitalMint, are accused of helping the BlackCat gang encrypt victims’ networks and facilitate ransom payments through cryptocurrency channels.

The indictment all