Ex-Cybersecurity Staff Charged With Moonlighting as Hackers (msn.com) 10
Three employees at cybersecurity companies spent years moonlighting as criminal hackers, launching their own ransomware attacks in a plot to extort millions of dollars from victims around the country, US prosecutors alleged in court filings. From a report: Ryan Clifford Goldberg, a former incident response supervisor at Sygnia Consulting, and Kevin Tyler Martin, who was a ransomware negotiator for DigitalMint, were charged with working together to hack five businesses starting in May 2023. In one instance, they, along with a third person, received a ransom payment of nearly $1.3 million worth of cryptocurrency from a medical device company based in Tampa, Florida, according to prosecutors.
The trio worked in a part of the cybersecurity industry that has sprung up to help companies negotiate with hackers to unfreeze their computer networks -- sometimes by paying ransom. They are also accused of sharing their illicit profits with the developers of the type of ransomware they allegedly used on their victims. DigitalMint informed some customers about the charges last week, according to a document seen by Bloomberg News.
The other person who was allegedly involved in the scheme was also a ransomware negotiator at the same firm as Martin but wasn't charged, according to court records. The person wasn't identified in court records, nor were the companies that were the defendants' former employers. Sygnia confirmed Goldberg had worked there. Martin last year gave a talk at a law school, which listed him as an employee of DigitalMint.
The trio worked in a part of the cybersecurity industry that has sprung up to help companies negotiate with hackers to unfreeze their computer networks -- sometimes by paying ransom. They are also accused of sharing their illicit profits with the developers of the type of ransomware they allegedly used on their victims. DigitalMint informed some customers about the charges last week, according to a document seen by Bloomberg News.
The other person who was allegedly involved in the scheme was also a ransomware negotiator at the same firm as Martin but wasn't charged, according to court records. The person wasn't identified in court records, nor were the companies that were the defendants' former employers. Sygnia confirmed Goldberg had worked there. Martin last year gave a talk at a law school, which listed him as an employee of DigitalMint.
Not Hackers (Score:4, Insightful)
Ex-Cybersecurity Staff Charged With Moonlighting as Hackers
These people are not hackers. They're extortionists.
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Ex-Cybersecurity Staff Charged With Moonlighting as Hackers
These people are not hackers. They're extortionists.
Trump will pardon them in 3... 2... 1... then say, "I don't know who they are." (Then continue complaining about Biden using an Autopen.)
'No idea who he is,' says Trump after pardoning crypto tycoon CZ [bbc.com]
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dupe (Score:2)
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You can always go to the European equivalent of Slashdot.
Quoting Robert M. Pirsig.... (Score:5, Interesting)
Nice example for an insider-threat! (Score:2)
Also probably for yet another company not making smart hiring decisions...