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Former ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to BlackCat attacks

Apr 21, 2026 // 13:16

41-year-old Angelo Martino, a former employee of cybersecurity incident response company DigitalMint, has pleaded guilty to targeting U.S. companies in BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware attacks in […]

British Scattered Spider hacker pleads guilty to crypto theft charges

Apr 20, 2026 // 16:37

A British man, believed to be the leader of the Scattered Spider cybercrime collective, has pleaded guilty in the United States to charges of wire fraud […]

Ransomware attacker pleads guilty to blocking Windows computers and demanding payment.

Apr 3, 2026 // 12:17

A former IT infrastructure staffer admitted guilt for blocking Windows administrators from accessing 254 servers in an extortion attempt against his former employer, an industrial […]

Derrick Van Yeboah Pleads Guilty to Role in $100M “Sakawa” Fraud Network

Mar 6, 2026 // 13:46

Derrick Van Yeboah, a 40-year-old Ghanaian national, pleaded guilty on March 5, 2026, for his role in a massive international fraud ring that stole over $100 […]

Phobos Ransomware Mastermind Evgenii Ptitsyn Pleads Guilty to U.S. Fraud Charges

Mar 5, 2026 // 13:42

Evgenii Ptitsyn, a 43-year-old Russian national and high-level administrator of the Phobos ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation, has pleaded guilty in federal court to wire fraud conspiracy. Key Details of […]