Breaking — Russian Hacker Responsible for LinkedIn Data Breach Arrested by FBI

[Audrey McNeil <audrey () riskbasedsecurity com>]

http://thehackernews.com/2016/10/linkedin-russian-hacker-arrested.html

The alleged Russian hacker arrested by the FBI in collaboration with the
Czech police is none other than the hacker who was allegedly responsible
for massive 2012 data breach at LinkedIn, which affected nearly 117 Million
user accounts.

Yevgeniy N, 29-year-old Russian hacker was arrested in Prague on October 5
suspected of participating in conducting cyber-attacks against the United
States, according to Reuters.

Earlier it was suspected that the hacker could be involved in hacking
against the Democratic National Committee (DNC), or its presidential
candidate Hillary Clinton, intended to influence the presidential election.
However, the latest statement released by LinkedIn suggests that the arrest
was related to a 2012 data breach at the social network that exposed emails
and hashed password of nearly 117 Million users.

Earlier this year, a hacker under the nickname "Peace" put on sale what
claimed to be the database of 167 Million emails and hashed passwords,
including 117 Million already cracked passwords, belonging to LinkedIn
users.


But, it is still unclear if the arrested hacker is the same one who was
selling LinkedIn data dump on the Dark Web market a few months ago.

But if it turns out to be the same one, then it would be a jackpot for the
FBI because 'Peace' is the hacker who was also responsible for selling data
dumps for MySpace, Tumblr, VK.com, and Yahoo! on the dark web marketplace.

Czech police said that a court would take the decision on the hacker's
extradition to the U.S., where he is facing charges for his hacking-related
crimes.

We will update the story as soon as we get official confirmation from the
U.S. feds.

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