A infamous hacker named USDoD, who’s linked to the Nationwide Public Information and InfraGard breaches, has been arrested by Brazil’s Polícia Federal in “Operation Data Breach”.
USDoD, aka EquationCorp, has a protracted historical past of high-profile information breaches the place he stole information and generally leaked it on hacking boards whereas taunting the victims.
These breaches embody these on the FBI’s InfraGard, a menace data sharing portal, and Nationwide Public Information, the place the private information and social safety numbers of a whole bunch of thousands and thousands of US residents have been leaked on-line.
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Nonetheless, it wasn’t till the menace actor focused cybersecurity agency CrowdStrike and leaked the corporate’s inner menace actor listing that issues took a flip for the more severe for him.
Quickly after leaking the IOC listing, Brazilian writer Techmundo obtained an nameless report created by CrowdStrike that allegedly recognized, or doxed, the menace actor, revealing he was a 33-year-old Brazilian named Luan BG.
Surprisingly, USDoD confirmed that CrowdStrike’s data was correct in an interview with HackRead and mentioned he was at the moment residing in Brazil.
“So congrats to Crowdstrike for doxing me, they are late for the party, intel421 Plus and a few other companies already doxed me even before the Infragard hack,” USDoD informed HackRead.
Doubtless aided by this data, Brazil’s Polícia Federal (PF) introduced his arrest at present in Belo Horizonte/MG.
“The Federal Police launched Operation Data Breach on Wednesday (16/10), with the aim of investigating invasions of the systems of the Federal Police and other international institutions,” reads the PF’s press launch.
“A search and seizure warrant and a preventive arrest warrant were served in the city of Belo Horizonte/MG against an investigated person suspected of being responsible for two publications selling Federal Police data, on May 22, 2020 and on February 22, 2022.”
“The prisoner boasted of being responsible for several cyber invasions carried out in some countries, claiming, on websites, to have disclosed sensitive data of 80,000 members of InfraGard, a partnership between the Federal Bureau Investigation – FBI and private critical infrastructure entities in the United States of America.”
Mockingly, the arrest was carried out below a legislation enforcement motion named “Operation Data Breach,” which the police say was named after the cyberattacks the menace actor was identified for.
