Alexsey Belan

Alexsey Belan
Born Aleksey Alexseyevich Belan
(1987-06-27) 27 June 1987[1]
Riga, Latvia
Residence Krasnodar, Russia[2]
Nationality Latvian[1]
Citizenship Latvian, Russian[1]
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[1]

Alexsey Alekseyevich Belan (born 27 June 1987) is a Latvian hacker on the FBI Most Wanted list and sanctioned for "malicious cyber-enabled activities" threatening the national security of the United States.[2][3]

Belan is accused of having stolen consumer data from e-commerce websites in Nevada and California, and selling that data on the underground market, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigations.[4][5][1] These accusations include Belan's role in the 2014 Yahoo! data breach that affected 500 million user accounts.[6] Belan's hacking of three companies allowed him to steal approximately 200 million user accounts.[7] There is a USD$100,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Federal Bureau of Investigations. "ALEXSEY BELAN". Archived from the original on December 29, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Office of Foreign Assets Control (December 29, 2016). "Issuance of Amended Executive Order 13694; Cyber-Related Sanctions Designations". United States Department of the Treasury. Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. BELAN, Aleksey Alekseyevich (a.k.a. Abyr Valgov; a.k.a. BELAN, Aleksei; a.k.a. BELAN, Aleksey Alexseyevich; a.k.a. BELAN, Alexsei; a.k.a. BELAN, Alexsey; a.k.a. "Abyrvaig"; a.k.a. "Abyrvalg"; a.k.a. "Anthony Anthony"; a.k.a. "Fedyunya"; a.k.a. "M4G"; a.k.a. "Mag"; a.k.a. "Mage"; a.k.a. "Magg"; a.k.a. "Moy.Yawik"; a.k.a. "Mrmagister"), 21 Karyakina St., Apartment 205, Krasnodar, Russia; DOB 27 Jun 1987; POB Riga, Latvia; nationality Latvia; Passport RU0313455106 (Russia); alt. Passport 0307609477 (Russia) (individual) [CYBER2].
  3. ↑ Perez, Evan; Diaz, Daniella (December 29, 2016). "White House announces retaliation against Russia: Sanctions, ejecting diplomats". CNN. Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. Two of the individuals on the sanctions list, Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev and Alexey Belan, are on the FBI wanted list as well.
  4. ↑ Veklerov, Kimberly (December 30, 2016). "Russian consul general in SF calls expulsions 'not human'". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on December 31, 2016. According to the FBI, one of the two, Alexsey Belan, has an open fraud case in the San Francisco office of the U.S. District Court of Northern California. He allegedly hacked into three major e-commerce companies based in California and Nevada in 2012 and 2013. Federal investigators accused Belan of stealing user databases and millions of encrypted passwords.
  5. ↑ Bogage, Jacob (June 30, 2015). "The FBI is willing to pay $4.2 million to get these hackers". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 29, 2016. Belan stole consumer data in 2012 and 2013 from three e-commerce sites in Nevada and California, sites the FBI declined to name. He's now selling that data to other criminals, Stangl said.
  6. ↑ Raymond, Nate (November 24, 2017). "Canadian charged in Yahoo hacking case to plead guilty in U.S." Reuters. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  7. ↑ Ng, Alfred (December 29, 2016). "Obama retaliates against Russia over election hacking". CNET. Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. The US Treasury Department, meanwhile, has sanctioned Alexsey Belan and Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev for cyberattacks against the US. The two are on the FBI's most wanted list. Belan is accused of hacking at least three major US e-commerce companies, where he stole more than 200 million accounts and sold the private information.
  8. ↑ Cox, Joseph (December 30, 2016). "US Response to DNC Hack Targets One of the Most Notorious Russian Cybercriminals". VICE News. Archived from the original on December 31, 2016. Also included in the sanction list is Alexsey Belan, currently wanted by the FBI for charges of computer intrusion, aggravated identity theft, and fraud in connection with a computer. There is currently a $100,000 reward for information that leads to his arrest.



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