FBI finally arrests group of former Xbox hackers

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It appears the FBI has been operating a long running case against a group of hackers specializing in companies involved with the Xbox gaming platform. The series of indictments against the three men lead us to believe that their criminal ventures dealt primarily with Microsoft and their top tier game development partners. At this time it appears there are still two unknown perpetrators within the group still at large, the FBI held off at least eight months before serving the current trios arrest warrants for reasons still unknown. It may have been due to "Person A", as described in the documents as an informant, has been actively colluding with federal authorities in efforts to glean even more information from the group.



The FBI has served arrest warrants on Sanadodeh Nesheiwat(left) and Nathan Leroux(right) involving 15 felony charges ranging from computer hacking to stealing trade secrets; a third perpetrator known as David Pokora is still MIA.


Full List of charges against the accused:

  • One count of Conspiracy
  • One count of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud
  • Four counts of Wire Fraud
  • One count of Conspiracy to Commit Theft of Trade Secrets
  • Three counts of Unauthorized Computer Access
  • Two counts of Criminal Copyright Infringement
  • One count of Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud
  • One count of Attempted Mail Fraud
  • One count of Conspiracy to Commit Identity Theft
  • One count of Aggravated Identity Theft


The two unknown parties according to the FBI are a man from North Carolina and a Australian teenager we believe to be SuperDAE who we previously reported on here. The indictment document can be viewed here via "The Smoking Gun" who first broke the story.

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StagPosted:

Brak
Miss Should have been smarter hackers and not get caught. /:


well I mean you don't just "not get caught"


As a matter of fact, unless you're a complete idiot, hacking is very hard to trace. There are very few ways for your information to get out if you're using the right software to prevent it. Proxy servers, VPNs, things like that. Now hacking this extremely is a different story. Much more complex software is required and a very advanced understanding of code.

-EXMPosted:

it specifically says "It appears the FBI has been operating a long running case against a group of hackers specializing in companies involved with the Xbox gaming platform". Now what you say about not being about xbox?

ZipsPosted:

Striker
Teh-TTG
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RoopPosted:

Ephemera
itomni
TrueHardcoreGamer hahahaha & XBOX fan Boys say Xbox NEVER gets HACKED ooo plzthats full crap here proof.


No, this was microsoft getting info stolen. PSN got hacked and when off line for 3 months and some people lost there credit card. plus in there it says nothing about Xbox it says Microsoft if it affected Xbox it would have been in the xbox news.


It's impossible to "lose" your credit card on the internet. Why are you assuming it was only a credit card? What about debit cards? Do you even understand the meaning of the word hacker? Hacker: a microcomputer user who attempts to gain unauthorized access to proprietary computer systems. That's exactly what they did to Microsoft.
OMG! SMH.. I'm done. Re'read what you said.

EphemeraPosted:

itomni
TrueHardcoreGamer hahahaha & XBOX fan Boys say Xbox NEVER gets HACKED ooo plzthats full crap here proof.


No, this was microsoft getting info stolen. PSN got hacked and when off line for 3 months and some people lost there credit card. plus in there it says nothing about Xbox it says Microsoft if it affected Xbox it would have been in the xbox news.


It's impossible to "lose" your credit card on the internet. Why are you assuming it was only a credit card? What about debit cards? Do you even understand the meaning of the word hacker? Hacker: a microcomputer user who attempts to gain unauthorized access to proprietary computer systems. That's exactly what they did to Microsoft.

itomniPosted:

TrueHardcoreGamer hahahaha & XBOX fan Boys say Xbox NEVER gets HACKED ooo plzthats full crap here proof.


No, this was microsoft getting info stolen. PSN got hacked and when off line for 3 months and some people lost there credit card. plus in there it says nothing about Xbox it says Microsoft if it affected Xbox it would have been in the xbox news.

vSkyLiiNePosted:

TrueHardcoreGamer hahahaha & XBOX fan Boys say Xbox NEVER gets HACKED ooo plzthats full crap here proof.


Do you not remember the giant Playstation Hackers Anonymous issue? It's not just Xbox

TrueHardcoreGamerPosted:

hahahaha & XBOX fan Boys say Xbox NEVER gets HACKED ooo plzthats full crap here proof.

DimaPosted:

Please tell me that the admins are joking. If this is real than they look like they could not handle any jail time.

Evo8Posted:

Teh-TTG
Ages Admins i think you mispealled Crack Heads.


Ages I think you misspelled , 'mispealled'


Best comment I have seen in awhile, props.


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