Three individuals were charged in October for allegedly conducting ransomware attacks against several US-based companies. Two of the suspects, 36-year-old Kevin Martin from Texas and an unnamed individual, were employed as ransomware negotiators at threat intelligence and incident response firm DigitalMint.

The third suspect, 40-year-old Ryan Goldberg from Georgia, worked as an incident response manager at cybersecurity company Sygnia.

The three are accused of hacking into the systems of several companies, stealing valuable information, and deploying BlackCat ransomware.