Ransomware negotiator jailed for 70 months after he just helped infect victims with malware

Ransomware.

• Ransomware negotiator Angelo Martino will serve 70 months in prison for secretly aiding BlackCat (ALPHV) attackers
• Martino forfeits crypto proceeds, houses, cars, and boats, and must pay 10% of future salary after release
• Martino was the third negotiator exposed; his co‑conspirators Ryan Clifford Goldberg and Kevin Tyler Martin previously received four‑year sentences for similar insider collusion

A ransomware negotiator who worked with the attackers behind his clients’ backs has been sentenced to almost six years in prison.