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Hassan Shito
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Hassan Shito
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A British citizen in the United States was charged with allegedly organizing a large -scale penetration process under the name “Intelbroker”, which caused damage to more than $ 25 million in companies and institutions all over the world.
US Prosecutor Office for the southern region of New York Declare The 25 -year -old Kai West accused on Wednesday. The West is accused of using its “Intelbroker” identity to infiltrate computer networks, steal sensitive data, and sell them in underground Internet crime forums.
Hacker “West” operated the process of stealing global data, and used Monero to hide $ 2.4 million in sales
authorities He says West led an electronic criminal group known as “Cybern (——), which infiltrated a communications company, a municipal health care provider, the Internet services company, and dozens of other organizations.
Prosecutors say that West and his partners stole sensitive data and sold online, and they often request payment in Monero, an encrypted currency preferred for their privacy features.
Over two years, from 2023 to 2025, West has been allegedly published and displayed stolen data across at least 158 ​​public chain. I included data for sale in 41 of these publications, and the price of price was required for a total of $ 2.4 million.
In many cases, he provided stolen information in exchange for the forum’s credits or to enhance its reputation within the infiltrators community.
One of the breaches included the patient’s data from the health care provider, detection of names, social security numbers and health records. In another case, it was reported that West reached the servers of an American telecommunications company and sold the customer’s details.
Prosecutors claim that West even as a “Breachhforums” between August 2024 and January 2025, which increased the consolidation of the Intelbroker file in the electronic crime space.
“This procedure reflects the FBI’s commitment to follow -up of Internet criminals around the world,” said American lawyer Jay Clayton. “New York residents are often victims of deliberate electronic plans, and our office is committed to bringing these actors to justice.”
The Assistant Director of the FBI described Christopher J. Raya West as a “serial serial” benefited from the stolen data and caused harm to the cross -border organizations.
He added: “Today’s announcement should be a warning to anyone who believes that he can hide behind a keyboard and make electronic crimes without punishment.”
According to the complaint, a secret agent paid Intelbroker $ 250 in Bitcoin for stolen data, which included data dependence data.
Payment was sent to a title associated with the Conor Brian Fitzpatrick (also known as Intelbroker), and the data was delivered. It was claimed that Fitzpatrick and his partners tried to sell more data for more than $ 2 million.
The West was arrested in France in February 2025. The United States is seeking to hand it over to confront the prosecution.
He was accused of conspiring to commit computer interventions, conspiring to commit fraud, and unauthorized access to carpade computers, and wire fraud. If he is convicted of all charges, he faces the maximum of 50 years in prison.
The case is dealt with by the complex fraud unit of the office and electronic crime crimes, with the assistant of American lawyer Ryan B. Venkel who leads the prosecution.
The West is still in detention in France, pending the result of the delivery request. The accusations remain allegations, and it is assumed that he is innocent until it is proven guilty.
The huge accreditation leakage raises new warnings after the Intelbroker indict
Following the accusation of British British National on charges of trafficking with stolen data worth more than $ 25 million through Breachforums, a new report from Cybernews added fuel to the fire, and revealed one of the largest registered accreditation leaks ever.
According to For researchers, more than 16 billion entry login approved data associated with platforms such as Apple, Google, Facebook, Telegram and GitHub have been in a comprehensive breach. But this was not a single incident.
The data, which was tracked to early 2024, comes from Infostealer programs, accreditation stuffing attacks, and many leaks that were not previously revealed. Some individual groups contained 3.5 billion records, with an average of about 550 million.
For encryption users, the serious effects. The portfolio and exchange of service providers often equal to e -mail or cloud services. Violation in one may mean direct access to digital assets.
CyberNews urge users to change passwords, enable multiple factors, and delete devices for harmful programs immediately.
This is followed by 2024 deadly, as the FBI recorded $ 9.3 billion of coding fraud losses, an increase of 66 % from 2023. The office also reported more than 149,000 complaints, and had to interfere in suicide cases associated with encrypted fraud.
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2025-06-26 19:58:00
