Week 6: Top Black Hat Hacker "Intel Broker" Arrested

Yesterday, June 25th, a 25 year old British man named Kai West was arrested in a years long investigation that cumulated in a sting operation to discover the identity of the infamous "Intel Broker". He  had for years posted and sold compromised data on the website Breached Forums. The investigation came to its conclusion when an undercover agent posed as a buyer for stolen data. The payment was sent to Intel Broker's BTC (bitcoin address) which was allegedly tied to his Coinbase account. 

This strikes me as pretty odd and even a little funny. I am sure we will learn more as the story develops but as one of the most wanted hackers in Europe your opsec was bad enough to use Coinbase when selling top secret data. Something about the store seems a little weird. Most Black Hat hackers use money laundering schemes like Monero at the very minimum to "clean" their money.

I don't know anything though so if someone wants to explain it to me please do. 



Resources: 

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/british-hacker-intelbroker-charged-with-25m-in-cybercrime-damages/

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