US charges Canadians for hacking universities
Original title: US charges two Canadians accused of hacking US universities
Two Canadians charged with hacking multiple US universities to steal credentials and mine cryptocurrency using compromised systems.
A federal grand jury indicted two Canadians for hacking multiple US universities and using the compromised systems to mine for cryptocurrency. The accused used virtual private servers in multiple countries to infect systems on the networks of unnamed educational institutions with malware and mining software, stole data and login credentials, and deployed crypto-mining malware. They also damaged at least 10 computers over one year causing losses of at least $5,000. One defendant was extradited from Canada and arraigned.
Unconfirmed: Specific universities and exact data stolen not named in court documents
- Indicted for conspiracy to obtain information from a protected computer and to cause damage to a protected computer
- Used VPS registered under fake names between 2016 and 2019
- Stolen login credentials and crypto-mining malware deployed
- Compromised systems used for vulnerability research on supercomputers
Impact: stealing login credentials and deploying crypto-mining malware
- 1.Monitor for unauthorized cryptocurrency mining activity on networks
- Victims
- US universities
- Countries
- CanadaUnited States
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A federal grand jury indicted two Canadians suspected of hacking multiple US universities and using the compromised systems to mine for cryptocurrency. [...]
By Sergiu Gatlan · bleepingcomputer.com
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