US officials have indicted three members of the Syrian Electronic Army group, revealing their identities for the first time. The feds even declared two of the three hackers, offering $100.000 to anyone who helps capture them. The 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.
Προς το παρόν οι Ομοσπονδιακοί έχουν δημοσιοποιήσει δύο ξεχωριστές μηνύσεις. Η πρώτη αφορά τον Ahmad Umar Agha και τον Dardar, και περιλαμβάνει τις ακόλουθες κατηγορίες: έκδοση για απειλή ψεύτικης τρομοκρατικής επίθεσης, προσπάθεια να προκαλέσουν ανταρσία των ενόπλων δυνάμεων των ΗΠΑ, παράνομη κατοχή κλεμμένων στοιχείων ταυτότητας. απάτη, μη εξουσιοδοτημένη access and damage to computers, and illegal access to stored communications.
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.
The Syrian Electronic Army group emerged in 2011, and at their peak, were responsible for many breaches of businesses, and government organizations, such as Microsoft, η NASA, ο White House, the Reuters, the Associated Press, το CNN, το Forbes, η Washington Post, η New York Post, το ONION, το NBC Universal, η USA Today, το Πανεπιστήμιο του Harvard και το Παρατηρητήριο Ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων.
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.
