follow-up: UFC Hackers Busted; Dana White Says, 'We'll See How Tough They Really Are!'

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By Ken Pishna
MMA Weekly
September 15, 2012

At least two of the hackers that were recently snagged in a two-year sting 
operation by the FBI were involved in the hacking of UFC.com and company 
president Dana White?s personal information.

Mir Islam, aka ?JoshTheGod,? and a 15-year-old hacker from California that 
goes by the moniker ?CosmoTheGod,? were reportedly two of the key minds 
behind UGNazi, the group that took credit for the UFC-related hacking.

Islam was charged with the trafficking of at least 50,000 stolen credit 
card numbers. ?CosmoTheGod? is a minor, so there is much less information 
available on his arrest, although Wired magazine did a profile on him and 
his involvement in much of the hacking.

White was confident that the hackers would eventually be caught. He and 
the UFC had been involved with officials on the case because of matters 
related to piracy of UFC properties.

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