Former Cybersecurity Experts Plead Guilty to Ransomware Attacks, Face 20 Years Prison
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Summary
Two former cybersecurity experts from incident response firms Sygnia and DigitalMint pled guilty to conspiracy to obstruct commerce by extortion for conducting ransomware attacks against U.S. companies. The perpetrators, who used their cybersecurity expertise to attack the very types of companies they were supposed to protect, demanded up to $10 million in ransom payments. They now face up to 20 years in prison each for their crimes.
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the two offenders were former employees of Sygnia and DigitalMint — cybersecurity incident response firms that help companies that have been affected by ransomware and other cyberattacks
These defendants used their sophisticated cybersecurity training and experience
attacking several U.S. companies with ransomware and holding their data hostage for up to $10 million
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