Today is an interesting day, the well known hacker collective ugnazi
has been breached majorly with the site being seized by federal police
and the main member @JoshTheGod or MIR ISLAM who classed himself the lead has been arrested and charged with many cyber related offences.
The announcement has come from justice.gov and its related to a 2 year investigation into the illegal credit card trade that goes on every day.The FBI claims that in 2010 they set-up a Under Cover website sting that was aimed at people who were activity taking part in selling/buying/stealing innocent peoples credit card information.
Recently Mir has been in many headlines for his claimed “hacktivism” work but with this surfacing it would appear there was a bigger reason behind many of the attacks. Last night Mir had arranged to go meet a fellow forum user to exchange money for cards with claimed stolen information on them.
The FBI have released a farily detailed document about the whole event and within it they also explain that only 11 of the 24 arrested where in america with others from United Kingdom (6 arrests), Bosnia (2), Bulgaria (1), Norway (1), Germany (1). The have also detained two further people in Italy; and Japan.
Who was arrested in united states and where?
CHRISTIAN CANGEOPOL, a/k/a “404myth,” was arrested today in Lawrenceville, Georgia,
MARK CAPARELLI, a/k/a “Cubby,” was arrested in San Diego, California;
SEAN HARPER, a/k/a “Kabraxis314,” was arrested in Albuquerque, New Mexico;
ALEX HATALA a/k/a “kool+kake,” was arrested in Jacksonville, Florida;
JOSHUA HICKS, a/k/a “OxideDox,” was arrested in Bronx, New York;
MICHAEL HOGUE a/k/a “xVisceral,” was arrested in Tucson, Arizona;
MIR ISLAM, a/k/a “JoshTheGod,” was arrested in Manhattan, New York;
PETER KETCHUM, a/k/a “IwearaMAGNUM,” was arrested in Pittsfield, Massachusetts;
STEVEN HANSEN a/k/a “theboner1,” was arrested in Wisconsin, where he is currently serving a prison
The two further americans arrested but not currently residing in america are
ALI HASSAN, a/k/a/ “Badoo,” who was arrested in Italy; and
LEE JASON JUESHENG, a/k/a “iAlert,” a/k/a “Jason Kato,” who was arrested in Japan.
Charges were also unsealed in the Southern District of New York against four additional defendants who remain at large. In addition, two minors, whose names will not be made public, were arrested by local authorities in Long Beach and Sacramento, California. HICKS and ISLAM will be presented later today before a magistrate judge in the Southern District of New York. The other federally arrested defendants will be presented before magistrate judges in the corresponding federal districts of arrest.
The announcement has come from justice.gov and its related to a 2 year investigation into the illegal credit card trade that goes on every day.The FBI claims that in 2010 they set-up a Under Cover website sting that was aimed at people who were activity taking part in selling/buying/stealing innocent peoples credit card information.
Recently Mir has been in many headlines for his claimed “hacktivism” work but with this surfacing it would appear there was a bigger reason behind many of the attacks. Last night Mir had arranged to go meet a fellow forum user to exchange money for cards with claimed stolen information on them.
The FBI have released a farily detailed document about the whole event and within it they also explain that only 11 of the 24 arrested where in america with others from United Kingdom (6 arrests), Bosnia (2), Bulgaria (1), Norway (1), Germany (1). The have also detained two further people in Italy; and Japan.
Who was arrested in united states and where?
CHRISTIAN CANGEOPOL, a/k/a “404myth,” was arrested today in Lawrenceville, Georgia,
MARK CAPARELLI, a/k/a “Cubby,” was arrested in San Diego, California;
SEAN HARPER, a/k/a “Kabraxis314,” was arrested in Albuquerque, New Mexico;
ALEX HATALA a/k/a “kool+kake,” was arrested in Jacksonville, Florida;
JOSHUA HICKS, a/k/a “OxideDox,” was arrested in Bronx, New York;
MICHAEL HOGUE a/k/a “xVisceral,” was arrested in Tucson, Arizona;
MIR ISLAM, a/k/a “JoshTheGod,” was arrested in Manhattan, New York;
PETER KETCHUM, a/k/a “IwearaMAGNUM,” was arrested in Pittsfield, Massachusetts;
STEVEN HANSEN a/k/a “theboner1,” was arrested in Wisconsin, where he is currently serving a prison
The two further americans arrested but not currently residing in america are
ALI HASSAN, a/k/a/ “Badoo,” who was arrested in Italy; and
LEE JASON JUESHENG, a/k/a “iAlert,” a/k/a “Jason Kato,” who was arrested in Japan.
Charges were also unsealed in the Southern District of New York against four additional defendants who remain at large. In addition, two minors, whose names will not be made public, were arrested by local authorities in Long Beach and Sacramento, California. HICKS and ISLAM will be presented later today before a magistrate judge in the Southern District of New York. The other federally arrested defendants will be presented before magistrate judges in the corresponding federal districts of arrest.
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