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Two American Cybersecurity Workers Jailed for BlackCat Ransomware Attacks

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ATT&CK techniques detected

5 predictions
T1657Financial Theft
96%
“victims who refused to pay. cybersecurity staff worked for cybercriminals according to court documents, goldberg and martin helped launch ransomware attacks against a range of victims and paid blackcat administrators a 20 % share of any ransom payments they received. in one case,…”
T1486Data Encrypted for Impact
94%
“two american cybersecurity workers jailed for blackcat ransomware attacks two american cybersecurity workers have been sentenced to jail for helping the blackcat ransomware gang conduct attacks against multiple organizations in the us. ryan goldberg, 40, of georgia, and kevin mar…”
T1486Data Encrypted for Impact
62%
“victims who refused to pay. cybersecurity staff worked for cybercriminals according to court documents, goldberg and martin helped launch ransomware attacks against a range of victims and paid blackcat administrators a 20 % share of any ransom payments they received. in one case,…”
T1486Data Encrypted for Impact
57%
“cannot harm others, ” he added. prior to being detained by the fbi, goldberg had tried to flee, but agents tracked him across ten countries to capture him. “ today ’ s sentencings show that ransomware criminals can operate anywhere, including right here in the united states, and …”
T1657Financial Theft
52%
“two american cybersecurity workers jailed for blackcat ransomware attacks two american cybersecurity workers have been sentenced to jail for helping the blackcat ransomware gang conduct attacks against multiple organizations in the us. ryan goldberg, 40, of georgia, and kevin mar…”

Summary

The cybersecurity workers used their knowledge and skills to conduct ransomware attacks for notorious gang, rather than protect victims against them