Anonymous hacker exposed after dropping USB drive while throwing Molotov cocktail

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https://www.zdnet.com/article/anonymous-hacker-exposed-after-dropping-usb-drive-while-throwing-molotov-cocktail/

By Catalin Cimpanu
Zero Day
ZDNet News
June 24, 2019

In a bizarre investigation, Belgium police have identified a member of the 
Anonymous Belgium hacker collective while investigating an arson case at a 
local bank.

The perpetrator, a 35-year-old man from the Belgian city of Roeselare, was 
initially arrested after throwing a Molotov cocktail at the Crelan Bank 
office in Rumbeke, a suburb of Roeselare, back in 2014.

Police tracked down the suspect because he dropped a USB thumb drive on 
the ground while/after throwing the Molotov cocktail.

Data on the thumb drive led police to a local man identified in court 
documents only by Brecht S..

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