Ukrainians living in the US hacked major companies Some of its crypto earnings are reportedly being diverted on the Russian dark web drug market. The man says he donated the digital cash he stole from an illegal website to an organization providing humanitarian aid in his war-torn hometown.
Alex Holden, a Wisconsin-based Ukrainian-born cyber-intelligence expert hacking Russian Dark His Web His Market Solaris in the 1980s Left Kyiv in his teens and now lives in Mekion. Wisconsin claims he hacked into Solaris, one of Russia’s largest online drug markets, Forbes says in a report.
With the support of the team at Hold Security, he was able to obtain some of the bitcoins sent to dealers and darknet owners of his site. The cryptocurrency, worth over $25,000, was later transferred to Enjoying Life, a charity based in the Ukrainian capital.
Although he did not disclose the exact method, Holden controls much of the Internet infrastructure behind Solaris, including several administrator accounts, and controls the source code of websites and their users. I explained that I got the database and unloaded the location of the drag. delivery.
For some time, the Ukrainian and his colleague also gained access to the market’s ‘master wallet’. Used by buyers and dealers to deposit and withdraw funds, it operated as a platform crypto exchange. More in the article.
Due to the high turnover rate, the wallet rarely exceeded his 3 BTC at a time. Holden managed to secure his 1.6 BTC and sent it to his life Enjoying. Hold Security also donated $8,000 to charities that help those affected by the war in Ukraine.
Solaris Linked to “Patriotic” Russian Hacking Group Killnet
Darknet Market Solaris is suspected of being associated with hacking group Killnet. A “patriotic” hacker group that vows to target Ukrainians and their supporters.
Killnet has also carried out numerous attacks in the United States, including airports, his websites in state governments, and the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. It reportedly hit the Eurovision song contest, the Estonian government, and the Italian National Institutes of Health. Condemned. According to US cybersecurity firm Zerofox, Solaris paid Killnet for DDoS services.
In addition to the battlefield, Russia and Ukraine are clashing in the online space, with the Kyiv government recruiting experts for its own cyber unit. I was tasked with not only finding and stopping it, but also hacking it.
Hits at Russia’s largest bank Sber and the Moscow Stock Exchange have been attributed to his IT forces in Ukraine. Social media accounts associated with the hacktivist collective Anonymous were responsible for many other attacks.
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