A British man accused of running under the alias “Intelbroker” in Cybercrim forums
The US Southern District of New York Attorney’s Office announced Kai West’s Pag -akusa On Wednesday. The West was allegedly operated on online black markets under Intelbroker’s pseudonym and caused an excess of $ 25 million injuries to the victims.
Former chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and lawyer Jay Clayton were among the people responsible for the unity of the accusation. “This action reflects the FBI’s promise to pursue cybercriminals worldwide,” he said.
West reported conspiracy to the online group to steal data from a telecommunication company Cybern *** ers to steal data from many companies. Telecommunication companies include a municipal health care provider, an Internet service provider and more than 40 other corporations.
Undercover purchase of charges
According to ComplaintAn undercover law enforcement agent sent a private message to Intelbroker to buy a victim’s data for $ 250 worth of Bitcoin (Btc). An address associated with the West was provided, and after payment, data was delivered, which is said to include three admin-level usermes and passwords.
The West and his online cooperation have been reported to have offered the prohibited obtained data for sale of over $ 2 million. He was then arrested in France in February, and the US is currently looking for his extradition.
The FBI Assistant Director in charge of Christopher Raia claims that West is a “serial hacker” and has managed to “sell it millions of prohibited funds.” Intelbroker is Active In violations of the cybercrime cybercrime forum.
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According to the announcement, a review of 158 threads allegedly initiated by the West offered by stolen data for sale, for forum-1 credits (internal currency of breachforums), as well as for free. He has been reported active from approximately January 2023 to February 2025, with at least 41 of his threads selling data from US -based companies.
Of the 158 threads, 16 posts include a specific requesting price for the data, reaching a total of at least $ 2,467,000. Messages that are said to have written by West also showed that he accepted payments by Privacy Coin Monero (Xmr).
The Intelbroker achieved the well -known being known for violations of the extent that he was identified as the site owned starting August 2024.
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Data leaks and violations continue to occur
The news follows recently -what Leaks more than 16 billion -logging credentials From the top online service providers, which may have potential consequences for cryptocurrency holders. Earlier this month, Coinbase was reported to know in January that an employee of an outsourcing firm Customer data may leak.
The violation was revealed in mid -May, when A $ 20 million oppressing attempt hit Coinbase After the cybercriminals recruited overseas support agents to leak user data. “These insider abused their access to customer support systems to steal account data for a small subset of customers,” Coinbase said at that time.
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