US Cyber Pros Plead Guilty Over BlackCat Ransomware Activity

AI generated image credit: Enrique via Pixabay. Article by Alexander Culafi, Dark Reading – January 5, 2026.

Two US-based cybersecurity professionals have pleaded guilty to their involvement in ransomware activity tied to the infamous ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang. The BlackCat gang spun up as a prolific ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) outfit in the early 2020s, targeting more than 1,000 victims before the Department of Justice critically disrupted it in late 2023. Despite this, ALPHV (or rather, an affiliate and splintered remnants) carried out the infamous attack against Change Healthcare in early 2024. […]

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