A hacker from Detroit, America, swore allegiance to the terrorist organization Islamic State and approached them with a proposal to create a cyber unit for the group. In fact, as 404 Media was able to find out, all this time he was communicating with undercover FBI officers.
In February 2023, Jibril Pratt contacted FBI officials who he believed were helping terrorists organize travel. He told undercover agents that he wanted to leave the United States because the people living in the country were “savages and rabid dogs,” and also pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. He conducted all correspondence in the WhatsApp messenger.
In particular, according to court documents obtained by journalists, Pratt presented plans to use suicide drones and remote-controlled cars armed with explosives. He also allegedly sent cryptocurrency payments that the hacker believed were used to finance terrorists. In fact, the money ended up in special FBI accounts.
Pratt is also accused of illegal cybercriminal activities related to the Genesis platform. Since 2018, FBI agents have purchased about 115 packages of credentials, also receiving various information from the market servers. They contained information about users, including Marcuss23. He searched for data on American bank and cryptocurrency accounts, eventually purchasing information about 14 thousand accounts. Enforcers traced the bitcoin deposits this user made on Genesis to a Coinbase account. The exchange itself provided the name of the owner of these accounts, who turned out to be Pratt.
He was indicted in August 2023. Immediately after this, he allegedly contacted his contact in the Islamic State, who was in fact an FBI agent, and wrote to him to delete all correspondence. After this, while remaining under house arrest, he tried to leave the United States, which was unsuccessful due to the confiscation of his passport.
In February 2023, Jibril Pratt contacted FBI officials who he believed were helping terrorists organize travel. He told undercover agents that he wanted to leave the United States because the people living in the country were “savages and rabid dogs,” and also pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. He conducted all correspondence in the WhatsApp messenger.
In particular, according to court documents obtained by journalists, Pratt presented plans to use suicide drones and remote-controlled cars armed with explosives. He also allegedly sent cryptocurrency payments that the hacker believed were used to finance terrorists. In fact, the money ended up in special FBI accounts.
Pratt is also accused of illegal cybercriminal activities related to the Genesis platform. Since 2018, FBI agents have purchased about 115 packages of credentials, also receiving various information from the market servers. They contained information about users, including Marcuss23. He searched for data on American bank and cryptocurrency accounts, eventually purchasing information about 14 thousand accounts. Enforcers traced the bitcoin deposits this user made on Genesis to a Coinbase account. The exchange itself provided the name of the owner of these accounts, who turned out to be Pratt.
He was indicted in August 2023. Immediately after this, he allegedly contacted his contact in the Islamic State, who was in fact an FBI agent, and wrote to him to delete all correspondence. After this, while remaining under house arrest, he tried to leave the United States, which was unsuccessful due to the confiscation of his passport.
