Russian Hacker Selling 1.5M Facebook Accounts

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Facebook hacker claims to be in NZ - Connect - NZ Herald News

A Russian hacker who says he is living in New Zealand attempted to sell the login details of millions of Facebook users - an unprecedented attack on the world's biggest social networking site. Detectives from the National Cyber Crime Centre are investigating whether the hacker Kirllos is using New Zealand as a base to commit internet fraud. Kirllos is offering the user names and passwords of 1.5 million Facebook users for between $35 and $62.70 per 1000 accounts sold on an underground hacker forum. The New York Times reported that the login details of as many as 700,000 Facebook had already been sold. Buyers are told to contact Kirllos through the ICQ instant messaging service, which lists his address as New Zealand. At least one New Zealander had his details listed on a hackers' forum in February when Kirllos put 100,000 accounts up for sale. Many New Zealanders are feared to have been caught up in the latest scam. Detective Senior Sergeant John van den Heuvel, from the newly formed cyber crime unit, said they would be joining forces with overseas law enforcement agencies to try to trace the hacker. He said: "We will be liaising with our international colleagues. First step will be to contact the FBI and see what they have on this already." Little is known about Kirllos, although his ICQ account says he is a 24-year-old who was born in Russia and speaks English, French and Russian. NetSafe New Zealand executive director Martin Cocker described him as a "wholesaler". Explaining how the scam works, Cocker said international fraudsters would buy the Facebook details to try to get into user's bank accounts. He said: "It's pretty raw information he is offering. Some people might have since changed their passwords or it's no longer relevant. It gets sold into blocks of information to others who then use it. At the end of the day the goal for these people is to make money." Cocker warned Facebook users who receive a message from friends telling them to "check out a link" to use caution, as this could be from a hacked account. He said by following the link, hackers can install software and gather information to access bank accounts. He said: "People are more likely to click on a link if it has been sent from a friend. "They are using trusted accounts to exploit people." The account information likely came from malware software secretly installed on people's computers which sent information to the hacker. The scam was first spotted by US-based researchers at VeriSign's idefence. VeriSign director of cyber intelligence Rick Howard told the New York Times that it appeared close to 700,000 had already been sold. Kirllos would have earned at least $25,000 from the scam. Howard told the newspaper that it was not apparent whether the accounts and passwords were legitimate, however a Russian underground hacking magazine reported it had tested some of Kirllos' previous samples and managed to get into people's accounts. Internet experts have warned that Facebook users are the targets of a huge increase in cyber crime.

Voi ce ati face cu 1,500,000 de conturi de FB?

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[famouz]

cine naiba ar cumpara si ce ar face cu ele ?eu nu am idee sincer sa fiu

[xteutzu]

Sunt foarte multe site-uri unde poti lucra ca Freelancer si angajatori cer reclame pe profile de facebook care au multi "Friends" s.a.m.d

Edited April 26, 2010 by xteutzu