aleksandr ermakov – PossibleThreat Articles

An Interview With the Target & Home Depot Hacker

November 14, 2024 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, aleksandr ermakov, chronopay, Data Breaches, dmitri golubov, helkern, home depot breach, hydra market, mikemike, mikhail lenin, mikhail shefel, Ne'er-Do-Well News, pavel vrublevsky, peter vrublevsky, pharma wars, sprut, sugar ransomware, target breach

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 04:45:32 +0000

In December 2023, KrebsOnSecurity revealed the real-life identity of Rescator, the nickname used by a Russian cybercriminal who sold more than 100 million payment cards stolen from Target and Home Depot between 2013 and 2014. Moscow resident Mikhail Shefel, who confirmed using the Rescator identity in a recent interview, also admitted reaching out because he is broke and seeking publicity for several new money making schemes.

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Who Stole 3.6M Tax Records from South Carolina?

April 16, 2024 0 Comments aleksandr ermakov, associated press, Breadcrumbs, Data Breaches, embargo, home depot breach, jeffrey collins, mark keel, mazafaka, mikhail shefel, Ne'er-Do-Well News, nikki haley, rescator, shtazi, target breach, tax refund fraud, tax return fraud, the post and courier, u.s. internal revenue service, verified

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 11:26:55 +0000

For nearly a dozen years, residents of South Carolina have been kept in the dark by state and federal investigators over who was responsible for hacking into the state’s revenue department in 2012 and stealing tax and bank account information for 3.6 million people. The answer may no longer be a mystery: KrebsOnSecurity found compelling clues suggesting the intrusion was carried out by the same Russian hacking crew that stole of millions of payment card records from big box retailers like Home Depot and Target in the years that followed.

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Who is Alleged Medibank Hacker Aleksandr Ermakov?

January 26, 2024 0 Comments ae.ermak@yandex.ru, aleksandr ermakov, Breadcrumbs, gustavedore, jimjones, medibank breach, mikhail borisovich shefel, Ne'er-Do-Well News, patrick gray, revil, risky business podcast, shtazi

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 18:12:09 +0000

Authorities in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States this week levied financial sanctions against a Russian man accused of stealing data on nearly 10 million customers of the Australian health insurance giant Medibank. 33-year-old Aleksandr Ermakov allegedly stole and leaked the Medibank data while working with one of Russia’s most destructive ransomware groups, but little more is shared about the accused. Here’s a closer look at the activities of Mr. Ermakov’s alleged hacker handles.