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  • Feds arrest alleged BreachForums owner linked to FBI hacks

    13 days ago - By The Verge

    Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
    The FBI has arrested the person allegedly in charge of the BreachForums online hacking community, as reported earlier by Krebs on Security and Bleeping Computer. Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, also known online as “Pompompurin,” was arrested at his New York home on Wednesday and charged with conspiracy to commit access device fraud, according to a pair of court filings .
    In a sworn statement, the FBI agent involved in the case claims Fitzpatrick admitted to owning BreachForums at the time of his arrest and identified himself as Pompompurin. Pompompurin...
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  • Two cybercrime group members charged with last year's DEA portal hack

    Two cybercrime group members charged with last year's DEA portal hack

    13 days ago - By The Verge

    Image: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
    Two men have been charged for their alleged roles in last year's hack of the Drug Enforcement Agency's web portal, as reported earlier by Gizmodo. In a press release posted earlier this week, the Department of Justice says Sagar Steven Singh and Nicholas Ceraolo stole a police officer's credentials to access a federal law enforcement database that they used to extort victims.
    Prosecutors claim the 19-year-old Singh and 25-year-old Ceraoloare members of a hacking group called Vile, which often steals personal information from victims and then...
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