https://www.zdnet.com/article/hacker-arrested-in-ukraine-for-selling-billions-of-stolen-credentials/
By Catalin Cimpanu
ZDNet
Zero Day
May 19, 2020
The Ukrainian Secret Service (SSU) announced today the arrest of a hacker known
as Sanix, responsible for selling billions of hacked credentials on hacking
forums and Telegram channels.
The SSU says it arrested Sanix in Ivano-Frankivsk, a city in western Ukraine.
Authorities did not release the hacker's name.
Sanix has a long history on underground hacking forums, where he was first
spotted operating as far back as 2018.
The individual was what security experts would call a data broker. He collected
data leaked from hacked companies and assembled the information in large lists
of usernames and passwords.
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