Two US-based cybersecurity pros allegedly tried to spread ransomware to at least five companies.
Ransomware infections usually come from malicious hackers. But in a rarity, a string of attacks were sourced to a pair of cybersecurity employees out to extort millions from victims.
Kevin Tyler Martin, a ransomware threat negotiator at cybersecurity provider DigitalMint, and Ryan Clifford Goldberg from Sygnia Cybersecurity Services, are allegedly behind the scheme, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
A 12-page court document shows a federal grand jury indicted Goldberg and Martin last month for conspiring to spread the ALPHV ransomware to five unnamed companies, including a drone manufacturer, an engineering company in California, and three other healthcare firms.
Federal investigators allege that the two started their scheme around May 2023 by spreading a ransomware infection to a victim company.
