Massive ID Theft Ring Discovered

http://netrn.net/spywareblog/archives/2005/08/05/massive-id-theft-ring-discovered/

From Sunbeltblog: Massive identity theft ring
http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2005/08 ... -ring.html

In some recent research into a spyware exploit, our research team has discovered a massive identity theft ring.

We also found the keylogger transcript files that are being uploaded to the servers.

This is real spyware stuff - chat sessions, user names, passwords, bank information, etc. We have confirmed that this data is valid. Highly personal information, including even one fellow who has a penchant for pedophilia, all logged in detail and returned a webserver.

Note that there is a LOT of bank information in here, including one company bank account with over US$350,000 and another small company in California with over $11,000 readily accessible. This list goes on and on and on. Of course, there's also eBay accounts and much more.

Follow up: Identity Theft Update
http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2005/08 ... pdate.html

An update on the massive identity theft ring we discovered earlier. The FBI has responded to us and they are working on the case.

I will be providing more later as well as some (redacted) samples of what the files look like.

This was discovered by Patrick Jordan, a senior staff researcher here. Patrick is a veteran of spyware, and even he admits to never having seen something like this before. It's pretty staggering.

Alex Eckelberry

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