US officials have filed charges against three Syrian Electronic Army members, revealing their identity for the first time. The federations even topped two of the three hackers, offering 100.000 dollars to anyone who helped them to capture them. Hackers are believed to be living in Syria.
The three members of the Syrian Electronic Army are: Ahmad Umar Agha, 22, from Syria, also known as "Th3 Pro", Firas Dardar, 27, from Homs in Syria, also known as "The Shadow", and Peter Romar, 36, who lives in Waltershausen, Germany.
So far the Feds have released two separate lawsuits. The first involves Ahmad Umar Agha and Dardar, and includes the following charges: extradition for threatening a false terrorist attack, attempting to mutiny the US armed forces, unlawful possession of stolen information identity. scam, μη εξουσιοδοτημένη πρόσβαση και βλάβες σε υπολογιστές, και παράνομη πρόσβαση σε αποθηκευμένες επικοινωνίες.
The second indictment is directed against Dardar and Romar and includes the following categories: unauthorized access to and damage to computers, related extortion, blackmail, money laundering, fraud, Syrian violations and illegal transnational communication.
Η ομάδα Syrian Electronic Army εμφανίστηκε το 2011, και στο απόγειό τους, ήταν υπεύθυνη για πολλές παραβιάσεις επιχειρήσεων, και κυβερνητικών οργανισμών, όπως η Microsoft, η NASA, ο Λευκός Οίκος, το Reuters, το Associated Press, το CNN, το Forbes, η Washington Post, the New York Post, ONION, NBC Universal, USA Today, Harvard University, and Human Rights Watch.
Below are two photographs depicting Agha (left) and Dardar (right). Both of them today are on the list of most wanted cyber criminals in the FBI.
