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Ransomware Actor Starting Young Makes Big Money, Gets Arrested

A 21-year-old Indonesian man was arrested in Indonesia after police were tipped off that he hacked into the computer network of a U.S. based company in San Antonio, Texas. He is believed to be a lone wolf that started as a teenager and reportedly made at least 300 bitcoins from cybercriminal activities. If found guilty, the man faces at least six years in prison under the Electronic Information and Transactions Law. The police say that the suspect was also running a carding business, selling payment card data on the dark web as well as using it to make purchases for himself.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-actor-starting-young-makes-big-money-gets-arrested/

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