According to Austin Larsen, a senior security expert at Google, the hacker is targeting US businesses and attacking critical infrastructure organizations in Russia and Bangladesh. Meanwhile, the victims in the US are in fields such as healthcare, technology and telecommunications.
Bloomberg said that the fact that such a dangerous hacker was able to elude lawmakers shows the challenges that cross-border cybercrime poses to law enforcement, thanks to anonymous communication services and a booming market for buying and selling stolen identities.
Larsen said analysis of the hacker's online interactions suggested he was likely a man in his 20s living in Canada. He declined to name the hacker.
He recently shared screenshots of files stolen from Russian and Bangladeshi critical infrastructure companies, including sensitive customer data. Some of the breaches are still ongoing.
Attackers gain access to a victim's organization by logging into portals or login services on the Internet, using passwords purchased on the dark web.
Hackers, who may collaborate with others, have a large amount of stolen information, at least hundreds of thousands, from many organizations around the world. Once inside, they steal data and make money from victims.
In June and July, companies including carrier AT&T revealed they were victims of a hacking campaign in which hackers stole data from about 1 million people.
The campaign occurred after hackers penetrated a misconfigured Snowflake system to access sensitive data.
The Google expert pointed out that the hackers were no longer targeting data related to Snowflake but were exploiting tools from another software vendor. Larsen presented his findings at the LABScon networking conference in Arizona.
(According to Bloomberg)
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