A federal grand jury has indicted two individuals who were reportedly employed by U.S. cybersecurity firms in connection with ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations.
Ryan Clifford Goldberg and Kevin Tyler Martin were charged in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida for allegedly teaming up with a coconspirator — while all purportedly worked for cybersecurity companies — to extort over $1 million from victims using the ALPHV BlackCat ransomware strain.
Mr. Goldberg, Mr. Martin and the coconspirator, who all resided in the U.S., allegedly targeted a California physician’s office and a Maryland-based pharmaceutical company, while extorting $1.27 million in virtual currency from a medical device firm headquartered in Florida, according to the October indictment.
ALPHV BlackCat has also been used in hacks of UnitedHealth Group claims processing subsidiary Change Healthcare — the largest healthcare cyberattack ever — and Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network.
