BrianKrebs@briankrebs@infosec.exchange
Darknet Diaries just interviewed Hieu Minh Ngo, a reformed Vietnamese hacker I first wrote about in 2011. A fed later told me they became focused on luring him out of Vietnam after that story, which they did.
https://darknetdiaries.com/transcript/162/
The 2011 story was called "How Much is Your Identity Worth," and it looked at an ID theft service advertised in the underground that sold full personal and in some cases financial data on tens of million of US residents. Ngo got access to info on >200M Americans by posing as a private investigator based in Singapore, and paying data brokers via wire transfers for years before he got busted.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/11/how-much-is-your-identity-worth/
The story generated many follow-ups with Hieu's dramatic arrest, revelations of Experian's involvement, and a personal redemption story for Hieu..
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/10/experian-sold-consumer-data-to-id-theft-service/
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/07/experian-hit-with-class-action-over-id-theft-service/
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/05/experian-breach-tied-to-ny-nj-id-theft-ring/
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/04/an-allegation-of-harm/
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/10/id-theft-service-customer-gets-27-months/
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/07/id-theft-service-proprietor-gets-13-years/
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/08/confessions-of-an-id-theft-kingpin-part-i/
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/08/confessions-of-an-id-theft-kingpin-part-ii/
