Brazil Arrests Suspect in Case Tied to USDoD’s Alleged Hacks
Summary
Brazilian authorities announced an arrest in a case involving alleged hacks of the Federal Police and other institutions. DarkOwl connects the case to USDoD, a prolific BreachForums user, but the article notes uncertainty about the suspect’s identity.
Key points
- Brazil’s Federal Police announced on October 16, 2024, that they had arrested a suspect in Operation Data Breach.
- Police said the suspect was allegedly responsible for hacking the Federal Police and other international institutions, and had boasted about other intrusions, including one involving InfraGard.
- USDoD had shared numerous data leaks on BreachForums, including material attributed to InfraGard, LinkedIn, and other organizations.
- A Brazilian news report had identified USDoD as a 33-year-old man in Minas Gerais; USDoD appeared to confirm the identity, but some forum users disputed it.
- The article does not establish that the arrested suspect was definitively USDoD.
Article Details
- Event Type
- Arrest of an alleged cybercriminal
- Impact
- Brazilian authorities announced the arrest of a suspect in Operation Data Breach on October 16, 2024. Police alleged the suspect was responsible for hacking the Federal Police and other international institutions and said he had boasted of other cyber intrusions, including the InfraGard hack. The article reports that the arrest was associated with USDoD, but notes that the suspect’s identity had been disputed within the online community.
Threat Actors
Products
BreachForumsDark web sites such as BreachForums and LeakBase are heavily used by threat actors to trade data, ask about what is available and provide links to stolen data.BreachNationUSDoD named the new site BreachNation, and even spent time uploading profile images and media related to the new site.