Rogue ransomware negotiators accused of extortion attacks • The Register

A ransomware negotiator and an incident response manager at two separate cybersecurity firms have been indicted for allegedly carrying out ransomware attacks of their own against multiple US companies.

Ryan Clifford Goldberg of Watkinsville, Georgia, Kevin Tyler Martin of Roanoke, Texas, and a third unnamed co-conspirator who lives in Land O'Lakes, Florida, allegedly broke into corporate networks, stole sensitive data, deployed ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware, and demanded tens of millions of dollars in extortion payments, according to an October 2 indictment [PDF].

ALPHV/BlackCat is the notorious ransomware-as-a-service operation that pulled an exit scam shortly after the Change Healthcare attack .

According to court documents, the alleged perps delivered ransomware to a medical device compa