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Former DigitalMint ransomware negotiator who duped clients sentenced to 70 months in jail
Angelo John Martino III, a ransomware negotiator at DigitalMint, was sentenced to 70 months in prison for conspiring with BlackCat affiliates to extort $75.3 million from five U.S. companies he was hired to help during ransomware incidents. Martino shared confidential negotiating positions and insurance policy limits with his co-conspirators to maximize ransom demands, effectively playing both sides of negotiations between April and September 2023. His co-conspirators, including fellow DigitalMint negotiator Kevin Tyler Martin and Sygnia incident response manager Ryan Clifford Goldberg, received four-year sentences for their roles in deploying BlackCat ransomware against additional victims.
Why it matters: Ransomware victims and negotiation firms need to understand that insider threats from negotiators with access to sensitive client data pose a severe risk, requiring stronger vetting, access controls, and separation of duties to prevent co-conspirators from exploiting confidential negotiating positions and insurance information.
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