Hieu Minh Ngo’s Conviction And Redemption: Notorious Vietnamese hacker and identity thief puts on a white hat.
Some people collect baseball cards, vintage cars or classic action figures - but for two years of Hieu Minh Ngo’s life, the biggest thrill came from collecting the personal information of more than 3 million other people, then selling it to cybercriminals on the dark web.
In retrospect, he says, “I was too young and dumb” to appreciate the consequences of what he was doing - siphoning identity-related information like Social Security numbers, driver’s licenses, bank account and credit card details into dark web forums where he sold them for 50 cents or a dollar each.
“I saw the easy money coming, and at the time my mind just told me it was just numbers and letters,” Hieu told Cybercrime Magazine. “I just sold them to cybercriminals, and whatever they would do, I didn’t really care.”
“It was how I made money to live a lavish lifestyle at a young age,” he continued. “Sometimes I felt like I was on top of the world - always into five-star hotels and business class. So I kept going, chasing the money until I got locked up.”
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29 сен 2024
