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Ransomware Insider Betrayal: Guilty Plea In BlackCat Cybercrime Scheme
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Personal Finance Ransomware Insider Betrayal: Guilty Plea In Black Cat Cybercrime Scheme By Steve Weisman,
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steve Weisman writes about white-collar crime.Follow Author Jun 15, 2026, 12:33pm EDTA padlock in the word ransomwaregetty Angelo Martino, a former employee of cybersecurity incident response company Digital Mint, recently pleaded guilty to charges related to ransomware attacks against American companies.
Ransomware is malware used by cybercriminals to encrypt and steal data from the computer networks of targeted companies and then demand a ransom payment in exchange for unlocking the data and agreeing not to publish the sensitive stolen data.
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