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Ransomware negotiator who conspired with BlackCat threat actors sentenced to 70 months in prison

DataBreaches.net · · International · Data Breaches

Jon Brodkin reports that a third co-conspirator who helped BlackCat attackers by giving them inside information on victims’ defense strategies has now been sentenced. A former ransomware negotiator was sentenced to 70 months in prison yesterday after colluding with BlackCat scammers to extort the victims he was hired to protect. As a ransomware negotiator for the company DigitalMint,... Source

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