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A young Frenchman confessed to colluding with the ShinyHunters fraud group.
A 22-year-old French citizen, Sebastien Raoul, confessed to colluding with the ShinyHunters group, which specializes in cyber fraud and extortion campaigns. The young man, known under the pseudonym Sezyo Kaizen, was arrested last year in Morocco. In early 2023, he was extradited to the United States for trial in a case of particularly serious crimes.
Basically, Raul and his accomplices were engaged in the theft of corporate and client data from large companies. The information was then spread on dark forums and Telegram channels. The US Department of Justice estimates that the total damage exceeds $ 6 million.
Between April 2020 and July 2021, ShinyHunters published data from more than 60 organizations. As Raul pointed out in his confession, the files of one company were usually sold for several thousand dollars, and they were put up for sale many times. For example, hackers sold files of an organization under the code name "Victim-4" 13 times for $ 5,000, i.e. for a total of $ 65,000.
In many cases, ShinyHunters blackmailed the hacked firms for ransom.
Raoul and his associates used a wide range of tactics. For example, in the classic way, creating phishing sites that mimic legitimate online platforms. After gaining access to their credentials, hackers broke into corporate networks and stole all available information. Then it was carefully studied in search of new passwords to expand privileges in the system.
After the stolen information lost its relevance, the attackers distributed it for free, increasing their reputation in the hacker community.
If the firms cloud services were hacked, their computing power was used to mine cryptocurrencies. At the same time, the providers issued invoices to the victims themselves.
Now Raul faces a sentence of up to 27 years in prison for fraud and at least 2 years for stealing confidential information.
A 22-year-old French citizen, Sebastien Raoul, confessed to colluding with the ShinyHunters group, which specializes in cyber fraud and extortion campaigns. The young man, known under the pseudonym Sezyo Kaizen, was arrested last year in Morocco. In early 2023, he was extradited to the United States for trial in a case of particularly serious crimes.
Basically, Raul and his accomplices were engaged in the theft of corporate and client data from large companies. The information was then spread on dark forums and Telegram channels. The US Department of Justice estimates that the total damage exceeds $ 6 million.
Between April 2020 and July 2021, ShinyHunters published data from more than 60 organizations. As Raul pointed out in his confession, the files of one company were usually sold for several thousand dollars, and they were put up for sale many times. For example, hackers sold files of an organization under the code name "Victim-4" 13 times for $ 5,000, i.e. for a total of $ 65,000.
In many cases, ShinyHunters blackmailed the hacked firms for ransom.
Raoul and his associates used a wide range of tactics. For example, in the classic way, creating phishing sites that mimic legitimate online platforms. After gaining access to their credentials, hackers broke into corporate networks and stole all available information. Then it was carefully studied in search of new passwords to expand privileges in the system.
After the stolen information lost its relevance, the attackers distributed it for free, increasing their reputation in the hacker community.
If the firms cloud services were hacked, their computing power was used to mine cryptocurrencies. At the same time, the providers issued invoices to the victims themselves.
Now Raul faces a sentence of up to 27 years in prison for fraud and at least 2 years for stealing confidential information.
