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When the accused Kitchener-based hacker known online as Waifu threatened a woman on the messaging app Telegram, it was the beginning of his downfall.
Waifu had been bragging about his criminal exploits in open groups on Telegram. But when he threatened Allison Nixon, the chief research officer at the U.S. cybersecurity firm Unit221B, his days were numbered.
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It was not easy and took several months, she said. Waifu is associated with a subculture of cybercriminals that includes thousands of creative hackers deploying sophisticated ways to steal data and extort money from their victims, she said.
But Unit221B and Mandiant, the cybersecurity company owned by Google, found out who he was and passed the information to law enforcement.
https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/accused-kitchener-hacker-unmasked-after-threatening-woman-online/article_3501ea8b-1514-5524-8de6-f52e92c3e103.html
GreenWave
(9,445 posts)Hotler
(12,390 posts)wolfie001
(3,848 posts)What a worthless mf'er.
Grins
(7,940 posts)Where the hell is Kitchener???? Why do experienced journalists leave that out?
Have to read other sources to find out Kitchener is in Ontario, Canada.
Tanuki
(15,396 posts)that the publication covers "the Waterloo area." Since Kitchener is just 2 miles from Waterloo, I think they safely assumed that their primary reading audience knew where it was.