Florida Man Pleads Guilty in Ransomware Conspiracy

📌 A third individual has pleaded guilty to conspiring with two other cybersecurity professionals and the BlackCat ransomware group to deploy BlackCat’s ransomware and negotiation platform against U.S. companies. Ryan Goldberg of Georgia and Kevin Martin of Texas previously pleaded guilty in December 2025, with sentencing scheduled for April 30, 2026. The case involves the use of BlackCat’s tools to extort victims, though no specific technical details, victim counts, or financial impacts were disclosed. The conspiracy targeted U.S.-based firms, with all three individuals implicated in the scheme. No CVE IDs or additional attack vectors were mentioned in the report.