Big cyber news. Kai Logan West (aka Kyle Northern) has been ID'd as IntelBroker, one of the owners of BreachForums and a prolific actor who breached dozens of organizations. Undercover officers bought data from him and tied supplied a BTC address to Ramp and Coinbase accouts in his real name. #infosec Charges here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/serial-hacker-intelbroker-charged-causing-25-million-damages-victims
Serial Hacker “IntelBroker” Charged For Causing $25 Million In Damages To Victims
The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), Christopher G. Raia, announced the unsealing of a four-count criminal Indictment and Complaint charging KAI WEST, a/k/a “IntelBroker,” a/k/a “Kyle Northern,” with a years-long hacking

