A former ransomware negotiator at DigitalMint was sentenced after prosecutors said he secretly helped BlackCat ransomware attacks against U.S. organizations. Court records say Angelo Martino worked with two other former DigitalMint and Sygnia negotiators as BlackCat affiliates between April 2023 and April 2025, demanded payments, threatened to leak stolen data, and shared victims’ insurance limits and negotiation positions with the gang to maximize ransom demands.
Why it matters: This matters because it shows attackers can exploit trusted insiders at companies hired to help victims during ransomware crises. Organizations using outside negotiators or incident-response firms should review access, logging, conflict controls, and what sensitive insurance and negotiation data those vendors can see.
2026.07.10
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This article directly updates the same BlackCat/ALPHV-related prosecution with Angelo Martino's 70-month sentence, ties to DigitalMint and Sygnia personnel, and notes the related guilty pleas and sentencing of co-defendants Ryan Goldberg and Kevin Martin.
Eduard Kovacs
2026.07.10
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This article is a direct update on the same DOJ case, adding that Angelo Martino, a former ransomware negotiator, was sentenced to 70 months in prison after pleading guilty to helping BlackCat/ALPHV by sharing victims' negotiation positions; it also notes $10 million in seized assets and that restitution will be set later.
Sergiu Gatlan
2026.07.10
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The article establishes a distinct law-enforcement and insider-abuse ransomware story centered on the sentencing of a former DigitalMint negotiator for participating in BlackCat attacks and leaking privileged victim data to the extortion gang.
info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)
2026.07.10
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This article appears to report the same sentencing event, describing the prison term for the former DigitalMint ransomware negotiator who aided BlackCat extortion attacks against U.S. victims.
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