The beginning of the fee for them NullCrew; A federal prosecutor blames a man in Tennessee for alleged conspiracy and attacks on a number of businesses and educational organizations from the middle of 2012.
According to the judicial documents, Timothy Justin French (also known as "Orbit") is part of the famous hacking team NullCrew, which has been responsible for a series of high-profile attacks on telecommunications companies, educational institutions and government agencies.
The FBI captured Timothy Justin French last month at his home address in Morristown, "without episodes," and is still looking for the rest of the NullCrew team.
According to the complaint's affidavit, the FBI's operation to arrest him used an unnamed "witness" who will likely remain unnamed. name.. This witness had ultimate responsibility for tracking French.
Through this, the feds were able to engage in live conversations with NullCrew members on Skype, Twitter, and the open source encrypted exchange system messages Cryptocat.
During the conversations the anonymous "witness" was able to learn the group's plans and future goals, and gather information about the vulnerable points and the hacking methods they use.
The FBI used them data of the witness to locate and track an IP address which ultimately led them to French's door.
NullCrew appeared on July 13 2012 when it successfully broke the World Health Organization (WHO) and the PBS (Public Broadcasting) Service.
Η ομάδα από τότε που φέρεται να διενεργούσε επιθέσεις εναντίον βρετανικών πανεπιστημίων, του βρετανικού Υπουργείου Defenseς, του Υπουργείου Εσωτερικής Ασφάλειας και άλλων μεγάλων επιχειρήσεων, όπως της Comcast και της Bell του Καναδά.
French, accused of conspiracy, fraud and computer abuse, is reportedly involved in five cyber attacks launched by NullCrew.
