Collaborate Disseminate
By Uzair Amir
The stolen OGUsers database is available on RaidForums for download. On 12th May, hackers managed to steal the database of a famous hijacker forum called OGUsers. This forum is used by hackers and online account hijackers, which means tha… Continue reading Hackers hacked: Account hijacking forum OGUsers pwned
The OGUsers forum, which trades in hijacked social accounts, has been hacked, its hard drives wiped, and its user database published online. Continue reading Rats leave the sinking ship as hackers’ forum gets hacked
Ogusers[.]com — a forum popular among people involved in hijacking online accounts and conducting SIM swapping attacks to seize control over victims’ phone numbers — has itself been hacked, exposing the email addresses, hashed passwords, IP addresses and private messages for nearly 113,000 forum users. Continue reading Account Hijacking Forum OGusers Hacked
Scammers don’t only hack Instagram accounts. Sometimes they just provide Instagram with some paperwork. Continue reading Scammers Are Filing Fake Trademarks to Steal High-Value Instagram Accounts
Prosecutors in Northern California have charged two men with using unauthorized SIM swaps to steal and extort money from victims. One of the individuals charged allegedly used a hacker nickname belonging to a key figure in the underground who’s built a solid reputation hijacking mobile phone numbers for profit.
According to indictments unsealed this week, Tucson, Ariz. resident Ahmad Wagaafe Hared and Matthew Gene Ditman of Las Vegas were part of a group that specialized in tricking or bribing representatives at the major wireless providers into giving them control over phone numbers belonging to people they later targeted for extortion and theft. Continue reading More Alleged SIM Swappers Face Justice
A Connecticut man who’s earned “bug bounty” rewards and public recognition from top telecom companies for finding and reporting security holes in their Web sites secretly operated a service that leveraged these same flaws to sell their customers’ personal data, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Continue reading Bug Bounty Hunter Ran ISP Doxing Service
An entrepreneur and virtual currency investor is suing AT&T for $224 million, claiming the wireless provider was negligent when it failed to prevent thieves from hijacking his mobile account and stealing millions of dollars in cryptocurrencies. Increasingly frequent, high-profile attacks like these are prompting some experts to say the surest way to safeguard one’s online accounts may be to disconnect them from the mobile providers entirely. Continue reading Hanging Up on Mobile in the Name of Security
A member of OGUSERS hacked the pro wrestler Adam Cole with the goal of selling his Twitter account. Continue reading Hacker Takes Over Pro Wrestler’s Twitter Account, Protests Motherboard Investigation of Social Media Account Hacking
Members of a forum where people trade stolen Instagram and other social media accounts react to Motherboard’s investigation. Continue reading Admin of Forum Where Users Trade Stolen Instagrams: Hacking Is ‘Not Our Problem’