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Hacker Hunters. Plug-In B6 p.341 Matt Spindler CIS 429. What are Hacker Hunters?. New type of crime-fighter Job is to crack down on internet criminals Track down email and business scams Protect people from crimes. Internet Crime Complaint Center. http://ic3.gov A division of the FBI - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Hacker HuntersPlug-In B6 p.341
Matt SpindlerCIS 429
What are Hacker Hunters?
New type of crime-fighter
Job is to crack down on internet criminals
Track down email and business scams
Protect people from crimes
Internet Crime Complaint Center
http://ic3.gov
A division of the FBI
Takes complaints from citizens and presents them to the proper agency
Most are handled by the FBI or Secret Service
Helps to Take Down Cyber
Criminals✓Helped Take Down
Romanian eBay scam.✓Group set up fake
accounts selling products that were never delivered
Was created in 2004 to create a joint task force to crack down on cyber crime
๏FBI๏Department of Justice๏Secret Service๏Postal Inspection Service๏Federal Trade Commission๏Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Operation Firewall
One of the largest international cyber crime operations
Took down the cybercrime group “ShadowCrew”
Reported to have over 4000 members
ShadowCrew
Stole credit card information for personal use and sale.
Helped create fake identification to allow people to use stolen credit cards
Reported to have made over $4 million in two years
Got most card information through email phishing scams
Shadowcrew
They were able to access over 12 companies networks and steal credit card information
Most companies who were cracked never knew information was stolen
One member “Scarface” sold 115,695 credit card numbers in a single transaction
How they got caught
One high level member, a US citizen was caught and arrested, he turned into an informant.
They set up a VPN service for the leadership to use and tracked all their information.
The informant was believed to be trustworthy so many used his gateway
The arrest of ShadowCrew
On a sunday night a joint operation between 8 states and 6 countries performed a raid on 28 homes arresting all the leadership of ShadowCrew.
This was all timed so that the others could not give warnings over instant message for some to escape.
QUESTIONS
What types of technology could big retailers use to prevent identity thieves from
purchasing merchandise?
Cards with RFID and Pin Numbers (popular in the UK)
What can Organizations do to protect themselves from hackers looking to steal
account data?
Restrict access to only those necessary
Require more difficult passwords
Higher quality firewall and security systems
Authorities frequently tap online service providers to track down hackers. Do you think is it ethical for authorities to tap an
online service provider and read people’s e-mail?
It is ethical and important for authorities to have access to criminal activity via e-mail or normal internet use. But it must be accessed by a warrant issued by a judge. It is unethical to access everyone’s information looking for any crime without prior suspicion.
Do you think it was ethical for authorities to use one of the high-ranking officials to trap
other gang members?
The use of a lighter sentence for those who cooperate with authorities is a long standing tradition. This is how cases are made and witnesses are found to take down a criminal organization.
Research the best way to protect yourself from identity theft.
Monitor your credit report
Keep track of your bank and credit card records
Do not volunteer any private information via email
Shred any paperwork with personal information
Never use a credit card on a nonsecure site
Use a STRONG password
Current Information
Most crimes being reported to the IC3 are about email phishing scams.
Because of social networking people are starting to lose their safety and privacy on the net.
Personal questions used to recover passwords can be found on these sites and this is increasing cases of theft.
Very Current Information
Military secrets regarding Marine One were stolen from a defense contractor
Authorities have traced the file to Iran
The file was stolen because an employee was running a P2P program on a company computer to download music