A infamous hacker named USDoD, who’s linked to the Nationwide Public Data 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 data breaches the place he stole information and generally leaked it on hacking boards whereas taunting the victims.
These breaches embrace these on the FBI’s InfraGard, a risk info sharing portal, and Nationwide Public Data, the place the non-public information and social security numbers of lots of of tens of millions of US residents have been leaked on-line.
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Nonetheless, it wasn’t till the risk actor focused cybersecurity agency CrowdStrike and leaked the corporate’s inner risk actor record that issues took a flip for the more serious for him.
Quickly after leaking the IOC record, Brazilian writer Techmundo acquired an nameless report created by CrowdStrike that allegedly recognized, or doxed, the risk actor, revealing he was a 33-year-old Brazilian named Luan BG.
Unusually, USDoD confirmed that CrowdStrike’s info was correct in an interview with HackRead and mentioned he was presently residing in Brazil.
“So congrats to Crowdstrike for doxing me, they’re late for the occasion, intel421 Plus and some different corporations already doxed me even earlier than the Infragard hack,” USDoD advised HackRead.
Seemingly aided by this info, Brazil’s Polícia Federal (PF) introduced his arrest right this moment in Belo Horizonte/MG.
“The Federal Police launched Operation Data Breach on Wednesday (16/10), with the purpose of investigating invasions of the programs of the Federal Police and different worldwide establishments,” reads the PF’s press launch.
“A search and seizure warrant and a preventive arrest warrant have been served within the metropolis of Belo Horizonte/MG towards an investigated particular person suspected of being accountable for two publications promoting Federal Police information, on Might 22, 2020 and on February 22, 2022.”
“The prisoner boasted of being accountable for a number of cyber invasions carried out in some international locations, claiming, on web sites, to have disclosed delicate information of 80,000 members of InfraGard, a partnership between the Federal Bureau Investigation – FBI and personal essential infrastructure entities in the US of America.”
Paradoxically, the arrest was carried out beneath a regulation enforcement motion named “Operation Data Breach,” which the police say was named after the cyberattacks the risk actor was identified for.
