ransomware payments

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• ALPHV
• Angelo Martino
• BlackCat
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• DigitalMint
• extortion
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• guilty
• incident response
• insurance
• ransomware
• ransomware negotiation
• ransomware payments

Former DigitalMint ransomware negotiator who duped clients sentenced to 70 months in jail

Cyber Scoop July 9, 2026

Former DigitalMint ransomware negotiator who duped clients sentenced to...

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• CISA
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• data breaches
• exploit
• known exploited vulnerabilities (KEV)
• Patching
• ransomware
• ransomware payments
• Research
• Threats
• Verizon
• Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report
• vulnerabilities
• Vulnerability Management

Attackers hit vulnerabilities hard last year, making exploits the top entry point for breaches

Cyber Scoop May 19, 2026

Attackers hit vulnerabilities hard last year, making exploits the...

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4 min read

• ALPHV
• BlackCat
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• DigitalMint
• guilty
• ransomware
• ransomware negotiation
• ransomware payments
• Sygnia
• Threats

Former incident responders sentenced to 4 years in prison for committing ransomware attacks

Cyber Scoop April 30, 2026

Former incident responders sentenced to 4 years in prison...

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5 min read

• ALPHV
• BlackCat
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• DigitalMint
• extortion
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• guilty
• hacking
• incident response
• insurance
• ransomware
• ransomware negotiation
• ransomware payments
• Threats

Former DigitalMint ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to extortion scheme

Cyber Scoop April 21, 2026

Former DigitalMint ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to extortion scheme...

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5 min read

• ALPHV
• BlackCat
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• DigitalMint
• incident response
• Justice Department
• ransomware
• ransomware negotiation
• ransomware payments
• Threats

Feds say another DigitalMint negotiator ran ransomware attacks and extorted $75 million

Cyber Scoop March 12, 2026

Feds say another DigitalMint negotiator ran ransomware attacks and...

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3 min read

• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• guilty
• Phobos
• ransomware
• ransomware payments
• Russia

Phobos ransomware leader pleads guilty, faces up to 20 years in prison

Cyber Scoop March 5, 2026

Phobos ransomware leader pleads guilty, faces up to 20...

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4 min read

• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• data breaches
• edge devices
• Exploitation
• ransomware
• ransomware payments
• Research
• Threats
• Verizon
• Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report
• Verizon DBIR
• zero-days

Verizon discovers spike in ransomware and exploited vulnerabilities

Cyber Scoop April 22, 2025

Verizon discovers spike in ransomware and exploited vulnerabilities |...

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5 min read

• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• ransomware
• ransomware payments
• ransomware task force
• Secret Service
• Treasury Department

Ex-White House cyber official says ransomware payment ban is a ways off

Cyber Scoop April 16, 2024

Ex-White House cyber official says ransomware payment ban is...

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