FBI arrests 24 carders in online sting, UGNazi leader is among them
One of the men, Mir Islam, known online as "JoshTheGod," photo of him leaving Manhattan Federal Court above was charged with trafficking in 50,000 stolen credit card numbers. Authorities said Islam had admitted to helping emerging hacker outfit UgNazi, which claimed it had launched a cyber attack against Twitter last week.
According to the “JoshTheGod” Twitter account he was the self proclaimed leader of the UgNazi group.
Joshua Hicks, aka "OxideDox," was charged with one count of access device fraud in a criminal complaint unsealed on Tuesday.
The investigation started two years ago, with the FBI agents posing as hackers on Internet forums, prevented more than US$200 million in losses on over 400,000 compromised consumer credit and debit cards, US authorities in New York said.
The FBI operation centred around a "carding forum", called "Carder Profit," that it had created in June 2010, and was an online market for registered users to exchange stolen account numbers. It was shut down in May 2012.
Officials called the sting the largest coordinated international police action in history targeting cyber crime.
The UGNazi group had recently come under attack by Hacktivist that were determined to expose the group members. Leading the charge was a Hacktivist known as the Jester, aka @th3j35t3r, who had been running a very public online campaign to “out” the group members.
The Jester had previously targeted pro-jihadist recruitment websites and Wikileaks when it was releasing information dumped from the US military, leading many to speculate he is an American.
His motto, "Hacktivist for good. Obstructing lines of communication for terrorists, sympathizers, fixers, facilitators"
It seems his campaign was a success.
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Source: http://www.seczine.com/article/hacking-news/270612/Feds-Smash-Global-Hacking-Group-UgNazi.php
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FrogPosted:
Infosec Not even news...heard about this as it happened lulz.
It still is news though...
zColdKilla954zPosted:
FrogzColdKilla954z UGNazi "Hey kid I can get you 10th prestige if you pay me, only a little like $5 but you
gotta use your Mom's credit card.
DumbKid "Sure just let me get that" ..*Kid Runs"
Mission Complete !
I don't think it happens quite like that (:
Maybe thats happen before but i know kids that just throw out 1600 point cards and think they will get 10th prestige and get scammed
FrogPosted:
zColdKilla954z UGNazi "Hey kid I can get you 10th prestige if you pay me, only a little like $5 but you
gotta use your Mom's credit card.
DumbKid "Sure just let me get that" ..*Kid Runs"
Mission Complete !
I don't think it happens quite like that (:
zColdKilla954zPosted:
UGNazi "Hey kid I can get you 10th prestige if you pay me, only a little like $5 but you
gotta use your Mom's credit card.
DumbKid "Sure just let me get that" ..*Kid Runs"
Mission Complete !
gotta use your Mom's credit card.
DumbKid "Sure just let me get that" ..*Kid Runs"
Mission Complete !
Malachai6669Posted:
Any I saw this on the news. I don't think it was very smart for him to go to credit / debit cards for cash.. 40 Years in prison for the least worst thing you could do.
How is stealing people's bank account info (aka their livelihood) the least worst thing you could do? Stealing (video game or application) software from corporate conglomerates is the least worst thing you could do. These people deserve exactly what they have coming to them.
AlbericiPosted:
Well they soundnt be taking peoples info stupid KIDS JoshTheGOD more like JoshGetsItInTheButt in jail now. UGNazi LOL just to that.
ElijahPosted:
BritishColumbia yea, the government is getting more strict
The government isn't getting more strict, this group gave away stolen bank account info! They got what was coming to them!
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