WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Two U.S. cybersecurity professionals have pleaded guilty after they were accused of working with a notorious ransomware gang to shake down American targets, the Justice Department said in a statement on Tuesday.
Justice Department officials said that Ryan Goldberg, 40, of Georgia, and Kevin Martin, 36, of Texas, had both pleaded guilty at a federal court in Miami to a single count of conspiring to interfere with commerce through extortion. They are due to be sentenced in March and face a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, the department said.
