Ransomware negotiator, pay thyself!

A ransomware negotiator and an incident response manager at two separate cybersecurity firms have been indicted for allegedly carrying out ransomware attacks of their own against multiple US companies. Ryan Clifford Goldberg of Watkinsville, Georgia, Kevin Tyler Martin of Roanoke, Texas, and a third unnamed co-conspirator who …

[elDog]

So, you get hacked. Employ a ransomware "negotiator" who hacks you. Go to the FBI....

And who in this current world would trust the F.B.I.?

Ka$h Patel? Pam Bondi?

Donald (The Dotard) who doesn't even know that he pardoned a crypto thief?

[Pascal Monett]

Re: who doesn't even know that he pardoned a crypto thief

Oh, I'm pretty sure he knows. He's got the guys name on speed dial for when he'll want to grab the bag.

On the other hand, I see Georgia, Texas and Florida. All good, upstanding Red states.

Hmmm . . .

[MiguelC]

"We can confirm that Mr. Goldberg was an employee at Sygnia. Immediately upon learning of the situation, he was terminated," a Sygnia spokesperson told The Register

Doesn't anybody find extra-judicial executions a bit harsh?