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Confessions of an ID Theft Kingpin, Part I

Krebs on Security

At the height of his cybercriminal career, the hacker known as “ Hieupc ” was earning $125,000 a month running a bustling identity theft service that siphoned consumer dossiers from some of the world’s top data brokers. Ngo’s former identity theft service, superget[.]info. Secret Service.

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Alleged FruitFly malware creator ruled incompetent to stand trial

Malwarebytes

In 2012, as a senior soon to graduate with a physics degree, he worked on a project with faculty member Robert W. The IP address was linked to the malware using data collected by CWRU, Malwarebytes, and AT&T.) Brown regarding nanoparticle behavior, assisting with software to visualize the behavior in 3D.

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