American Soldier Arrested for Selling Hacked Data Linked to BSNL

Last year, a server of government telecom company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) was hacked and information of subscribers along with other data was also stolen. Late last year, a US soldier was caught trying to sell data hacked from American telecom companies.

Cameron John Wagenius is a communications specialist stationed in South Korea. Cameron was arrested on December 20 from Texas in the US. a media Report According to the report, it was also involved in the theft of BSNL data. In this report, quoting cyber security experts, it has been said that Cameron could be “kiberphant0m”, who had offered to sell 278 GB of data of this government telecom company for about $ 5,000 on a dark web marketplace Breached Forums. This data included the company’s home location database, identities of international mobile subscribers and SIM numbers.

In May last year, this hacker had also claimed to be in possession of the company’s SOLARIS server and important security data. He had said that the value of this data is several lakhs of dollars but he is selling it very cheap. In July last year, the Central Government had told the Lok Sabha that one of the BSNL servers had been hacked. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) had reported this case of hacking. It has been told in this report that the main reason for Cameron’s identification was that it was already on the radar of security agencies in America.

The central government has also taken some measures to curb the problem of hacking. In this series, recently the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Center (I4C) and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had blocked at least 17,000 WhatsApp accounts of foreign hackers. Its aim is to break foreign criminal networks and strengthen the digital security of the country. Cyber ​​criminals lure people into their trap through investment opportunities, games, dating apps. And offer cryptocurrency platforms. They often trap people through social media.