Two US cybersecurity professionals, Ryan Goldberg and Kevin Martin, pleaded guilty to charges tied to their roles in BlackCat/Alphv ransomware attacks that occurred in 2023. Court records show that Ryan Goldberg, Kevin Martin, and a co-conspirator deployed ALPHV BlackCat ransomware against US victims from April to December 2023, sharing 20% of the ransoms with the operators. Despite working in cybersecurity, they extorted about $1.2M in Bitcoin from one victim, split the proceeds, and laundere
