两名美国网络安全从业者认罪，承认用 ALPHV BlackCat 勒索软件攻击美国受害者
美国司法部12月30日宣布，佛罗里达南区联邦地区法院已于前一日接受两名男子的认罪：两人承认共谋以勒索手段阻碍、延迟或影响商业活动，所涉攻击是2023年用 ALPHV BlackCat 勒索软件对美国多地受害者实施的一系列勒索软件攻击。两名被告是佐治亚州的 Ryan Goldberg（40岁）与德克萨斯州的 Kevin Martin（36岁）。
司法部说，Goldberg、Martin 与另一名未具名同谋在2023年4月至12月间向美国多地受害者成功部署 ALPHV BlackCat 勒索软件。三人约定向该勒索软件的管理者支付赎金的20%，换取使用该软件与其勒索平台，而三人本身都在网络安全行业工作。在从一名受害者勒索约120万美元的比特币后，三人把余下80%的份额三人平分，并通过多种手段洗钱。司法部刑事司助理部长 A. Tysen Duva 说，两名被告动用了高超的网络安全训练与经验，实施的正是他们本应去阻止的那类犯罪。
司法部说，ALPHV BlackCat 曾以“勒索软件即服务”的模式攻击全球1,000多个受害者的计算机网络。2023年12月的一次扰乱行动中，联邦调查局开发的解密工具帮助数百名受害者恢复了系统，省下约9,900万美元赎金。Goldberg 与 Martin 各就一项罪名认罪，定于2026年3月12日量刑，每人最高可判20年监禁。案件由联邦调查局迈阿密外地办公室主导调查，美国特勤局协助。
Two U.S. Cybersecurity Workers Plead Guilty to ALPHV BlackCat Ransomware Attacks on American Victims
The Justice Department announced on December 30 that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida had accepted guilty pleas the day before from two men who admitted conspiring to obstruct, delay or affect commerce by extortion, in a series of ALPHV BlackCat ransomware attacks on victims across the United States in 2023. The defendants are Ryan Goldberg, 40, of Georgia, and Kevin Martin, 36, of Texas.
According to the department, Goldberg, Martin and another unnamed co-conspirator successfully deployed the ALPHV BlackCat ransomware against multiple victims across the country between April and December 2023. The three agreed to pay the ransomware's administrators a 20 percent share in exchange for access to the malware and its extortion platform, and all three worked in the cybersecurity industry. After extorting one victim of about $1.2 million in Bitcoin, the three split the remaining 80 percent share among themselves and laundered the proceeds. Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Criminal Division said the defendants used their sophisticated cybersecurity training and experience to commit the very type of crime they should have been working to stop.
The department said ALPHV BlackCat struck the computer networks of more than 1,000 victims worldwide under a ransomware-as-a-service model. In a December 2023 disruption operation, the FBI developed a decryption tool that helped hundreds of victims restore their systems and saved about $99 million in ransom payments. Goldberg and Martin each pleaded guilty to one count and are scheduled to be sentenced on March 12, 2026, facing a maximum of 20 years in prison. The FBI Miami Field Office is investigating the case, with assistance from the U.S. Secret Service.
来源：美国司法部
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