Ransomware Negotiator Gets 70 Months in Prison for Aiding BlackCat Attacks

A 41-year-old former ransomware negotiator has been sentenced to nearly six years (i.e., 70 months) in prison in the U.S. for their role in conspiring with the now-defunct BlackCat ransomware operators to extort multiple victims and working with two other cybersecurity professionals to target additional victims in 2023.

In a sentencing memorandum, federal prosecutors described Martino as a “

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