The DOJ announced that Angelo Martino, 41, of Land O'Lakes, Florida, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit ransomware attacks and extortion against U.S. companies. Martino, a former ransomware negotiator at a cyber incident response company, provided BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware actors with confidential victim information including insurance policy limits and internal negotiation positions without authorization. He also conspired with Ryan Goldberg of Georgia and Kevin Martin of Texas to deploy BlackCat ransomware between April and November 2023, extorting approximately $1.2 million in Bitcoin from one victim. Law enforcement seized $10 million in assets from Martino.