Florida ransomware negotiator sentenced for conspiring with BlackCat hackers

Angelo Martino has been sentenced to over five years in prison for helping deploy ransomware against U.S. companies while working as a cybersecurity negotiator.

• The U.S. Department of Justice announced the sentence on Thursday and seized more than $10 million in cryptocurrency and assets from Martino.
• Martino is the third cybersecurity professional jailed in the scheme, following the earlier incarceration of Kevin Martin and Ryan Goldberg.
• The trio conspired to deploy BlackCat ransomware against U.S. companies in 2023, including one attack that extorted $1.2 million.