## Ransomware attack dTwo cybersecurity experts from the US, who worked as security technicians for several companies, were arrested and sentenced to 20 years in prison each for deploying ransomware against multiple victims. Their sentence is set for March 2026. The hacking group demanded up to $10 million in ransom from each victim. ## Technical context The use of ransomware as an extortion tool has become increasingly common over the past few years, with attacks that can have serious consequences for companies and individual users. Large Language Models (LLM) were used by these hackers to create sophisticated malware that can evade security systems. ## Impact of the sentence dThe sentencing of the two cybersecurity experts is a significant sign for the cybersecurity industry, which is working to improve its ability to prevent and respond to ransomware attacks. It will be interesting to see how this sentence affects how ransomware attacks are handled in the future.