Security News > 2025 > May > Iranian Hacker Pleads Guilty in $19 Million Robbinhood Ransomware Attack on Baltimore
2025-05-28 17:20
An Iranian national has pleaded guilty in the U.S. over his involvement in an international ransomware and extortion scheme involving the Robbinhood ransomware. Sina Gholinejad (aka Sina Ghaaf), 37, and his co-conspirators are said to have breached the computer networks of various organizations in the United States and encrypted files with Robbinhood ransomware to demand Bitcoin ransom payments.
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