Ex-Cybersecurity Staffers Charged with Moonlighting as Hackers
Three employees at cybersecurity companies spent years moonlighting as criminal hackers, launching their own ransomware attacks to extort millions of dollars from victims.
US prosecutors alleged that Ryan Clifford Goldberg, former director of incident response at Sygnia Consulting Ltd., and Kevin Tyler Martin, a ransomware negotiator for DigitalMint, worked together to hack five businesses starting in May 2023.
- They 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 plot involved launching ransomware attacks to extort millions of dollars from victims around the country.
Author's summary: Ex-cybersecurity employees charged with hacking and extortion.
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