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Anonymous Hacker Exposed After Dropping USB Drive

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday June 26 2019, @08:27PM   
from the opsec-fail dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1944

In a bizarre investigation, Belgium police have identified a member of the Anonymous Belgium hacker collective while investigating an arson case at a local bank. The perpetrator, a 35-year-old man from the Belgian city of Roeselare, was initially arrested after throwing a Molotov cocktail at the Crelan Bank office in Rumbeke, a suburb of Roeselare, back in 2014.

Police tracked down the suspect because he dropped a USB thumb drive on the ground while/after throwing the Molotov cocktail. Data on the thumb drive led police to a local man identified in court documents only by Brecht S.. A subsequent house search and investigation into the man's background and computer devices revealed a long history of cyber-crimes.

Source: https://www.zdnet.com/article/anonymous-hacker-exposed-after-dropping-usb-drive-while-throwing-molotov-cocktail/

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Original Submission

• With a name like Brecht S With a name like Brecht S (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 26 2019, @10:38PM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 26 2019, @10:38PM (#860280)

  He doesn't sound like a muslim terrorist. Was he an antifa?

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• Re:With a name like Brecht S (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 27 2019, @02:24AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 27 2019, @02:24AM (#860341)

  They can get to any one with enough leverage

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