Another cybersecurity expert from the United States, accused of helping a cybercrime gang while working as a ransomware negotiator, has been sentenced to prison.
Angelo Martino, 41, of Florida, was sentenced on Thursday to 70 months in prison after he pleaded guilty in April.
Martino is one of the three individuals charged by US authorities last year over their role in ransomware attacks. The three men worked at cybersecurity firms, and two of them served as ransomware negotiators tasked with helping victims, but instead they helped the threat actors in return for a share of the ransom.
The other two suspects, Kevin Martin from Texas and Ryan Goldberg from Georgia, were each sentenced to 4 years in prison in late April.
According to investigators, Martino began working with BlackCat/Alphv ransomware operators in April 2023 and helped the hackers extort at least five victims.
