Two US Security Experts Sentenced to Prison for Helping Ransomware Gang
Ryan Goldberg of Georgia and Kevin Martin of Texas were each sentenced to four years in prison.
Ops Pack
triage-ready iocs + detections
fresh
1
IOC Workbench
typed indicators with fast copy and export actions
2 total
uhttps://www.securityweek.com/two-us-security-experts-sentenced-to-prison-for-helping-ransomware-gang/
dwww.securityweek.com
2 indicators staged for handoff.
2
Rule Studio
starter detections generated from this IOC set
2 formats
!Draft output: validate and tune before production rollout.
sigmadraft
title: AHackaday IOC starter detection
id: ahackaday-2026-05-01-two-us-security-experts-sentenced-to-prison-for-helping-ransomware-gang-7bc35f29
description: IOC starter rule for Two US Security Experts Sentenced to Prison for Helping Ransomware Gang
status: experimental
author: ahackaday
logsource:
product: network
detection:
selection_iocs:
- "https://www.securityweek.com/two-us-security-experts-sentenced-to-prison-for-helping-ransomware-gang/"
- "www.securityweek.com"
condition: selection_iocs
falsepositives:
- unknown
level: high
coverage
yaradraft
rule ahackaday_2026_05_01_two_us_security_experts_sentenced_to_prison_for_helping_ransomware_gang_7bc35f29
{
meta:
description = "IOC starter for Two US Security Experts Sentenced to Prison for Helping Ransomware Gang"
author = "ahackaday"
strings:
$ioc1 = "https://www.securityweek.com/two-us-security-experts-sentenced-to-prison-for-helping-ransomware-gang/" nocase
$ioc2 = "www.securityweek.com" nocase
condition:
any of them
}
coverage
3
Response Tracks
fast operational tracks from this incident snapshot
4 tracks
source-backed 1 refs
sources / provenance1
Curated May 01, 2026 by the ahackaday team./Sources verified./Brief grounded in 1 source.
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