The American and French authorities have confirmed the arrests of five hackers accused of being behind several large hacks and being part of a notorious cyber crime forum.
On Thursday, the US Department of Justice announced the reciprocal Of the British National Kai West, 25, who accuses him of being ‘a serial hacker’ known as an Intelbroker. The American authorities claim that West supports ‘a years of hacking schedule’, which caused more than $ 25 million damage by focusing on more than 40 victims, including a telecom company, a municipal care provider and an internet provider.
In the case of the care provider, the Doj claims that West tried to sell the personal information of the sensitive patient, including names, sofi numbers, birth dates, genera, health plan and employer information.
Per the doj, West was the leader of a hacking group known as “Cybern[——]”, Referring to a racist blemish, who visited” a certain internet forum “. Although the Doj did not mention the forum, the complaint contains details that reference in breach forums, which was previously concluded by a coalition of international law enforcement agencies in 2023 and 2024.
The DOJ press release said that West was arrested in France earlier in February and is now confronted with extradition to the United States.
According to the complaint Against West, the cybern[——] Group included four other people who did not mention American authorities.
Those four people seem to have been arrested in France earlier this week.
On Wednesday, Paris Officer of Justice Laure Beccuau said in a statement That French police arrested four people suspected of running breaches and being part of a collective called ‘Shinyhunters’.
“This week’s arrests were aimed at the persons suspected of being the most important managers of the site and to increase the hope of his permanent closure,” said Beccuau, according to a translation of the press release.
The public prosecutor also confirmed that West, only in the statement as an Intelbroker, had been arrested in France in February, who connects to what American authorities announced on Thursday.
When he was reached for comment, a spokesperson for the French public prosecutor referred to the published statement.
In response to a question about the four non-mentioned fellow-sameners, spokesperson Nicholas Bianhase said that he could not comment on ‘non-loaded individuals’, and refused to clarify it in a follow-up email.
Breach forums was one of the most famous hacking forums on the internet, where cyber criminals sold hacktools, as well as advertised, sold and traded data stolen from companies, such as 23andme, and many others.
In 2023, the American federal authorities seized and closed Breach forums, three months after the manager’s arrest, Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, also known as ‘Pompompurin’. The site then launched again, but it was seized and re -eliminated in 2024.
West is accused of conspiracy to commit computer intrusions, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, access to a protected computer to obtain information and fraud with wire.
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