A cybercriminal covered all his tracks—and then he verified his PayPal account

guest · Aug 16, 2019

A cybercriminal covered all his tracks—and then he verified his PayPal account
August 15, 2019
https://qz.com/1688427/fbi-used-paypal-verification-history-to-track-cybercriminal/

At the beginning of May, a San Francisco-based tech firm called Scale AI contacted the FBI after discovering its internal computer network had been compromised. Roughly $40,000 had been drained out of its accounts, $140 at a time.
The company, which processes code for autonomous vehicles, had been under attack for months, according to an FBI affidavit obtained by Quartz.

[...] it is extremely difficult to carry out a cybercrime today without leaving clues.
Milan Patel, a former top FBI cybercrime investigator, said those small mistakes are often what lead to an online intruder’s capture.

“Whether it’s verifying a PayPal account, or that one time where their VPN wasn’t working and they decided to use their regular IP address at home, there’s always some little thing that catches them up,”
“There are so many artifacts left behind in a digital heist.”
Click to expand...

A heavily redacted complaint filed in federal court says an internal investigation by Scale AI revealed the simultaneous “destruction of payment database logs.” On top of that, whoever did it used a VPN to access the system from Thailand.

But both of the PayPal accounts had been recently set up, and verified around the time of the thefts with the same mobile phone number. The FBI traced the number back [...]
Click to expand...

guest · Aug 16, 2019

Lol noobs. I can't believe it... Such lax in covering tracks...

Bertazzoni · Aug 16, 2019

guest said: ↑

Lol noobs. I can't believe it... Such lax in covering tracks...
Click to expand...

Log in or Sign up

A cybercriminal covered all his tracks—and then he verified his PayPal account

guest Guest

guest Guest

Bertazzoni Registered Member

Log in or Sign up

A cybercriminal covered all his tracks—and then he verified his PayPal account

guest Guest

guest Guest

Bertazzoni Registered Member

Useful Searches