Former DigitalMint ransomware negotiator who duped clients sentenced to 70 months in jail
2026-07-10T02:51:43Z•c5b9694402614c394432276b3b18ddddc589fb705e6ee31d7c51b94e99cdc21d
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What happened
A batch of CyberScoop reports highlights multiple high-impact cybercrime and national-security developments: a former DigitalMint ransomware negotiator, Angelo Martino, was sentenced to 70 months for leaking client data that enabled $75.3M in extortion; Interpol’s Operation First Light resulted in ~5,800 arrests and identified >142,000 scam victims worldwide; Proofpoint detailed an ongoing suspected Chinese espionage campaign using a Roundcube exploit chain against U.S. and Canadian university physics/engineering departments; Spanish authorities arrested a suspect tied to Russian hacktivist/cy
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- 2026-07-10T02:51:43Z
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