JR Cybercrime/Trading/Crpyto
VPN’s
Most people think VPN’s are a bulletproof and anonymous way to do whatever you want on the internet. While it is true that VPN’s can hide your IP and help with encryption, any teenager with a basic understanding of hacking can track you down. What most people don’t know is that VPN companies usually work with law enforcement as well, meaning any international law enforcement can find your information with 1 phone call.
BREACHFORUMS / POMPOMPURIN
Breachforums was one of the biggest cybercrime sites in the world. It was inspired by a user named “omnipitent” who ran a site by the name of “raid forums” where kids would get together and prank streamers. Omnipitent was eventually arrested in January of 2022.
After the arrest, a member of the site decided to create his own hidden service, except this time the members had grown up and they weren’t after laughs, they were after stolen information. This site was the biggest cybercrime forums for years with law enforcement after them the whole time, they had 1 issue though. PomPomPurin(the owner of breachforums) was ALWAYS 1 step ahead of the feds. And they didnt just want him for his pranks, he had genuinely hacked the FBI TWICE. But his days of being one step ahead was over. Pom was on his computer like he ususally was, what he didnt know was there was an FBI servailance van making sure he was signed in to the site. As soon as they saw him signed in they pretended to be a mailman delivering a package, he opened the door to get the package, and just like that he is gone
MALONE LAM
August 18, 2024. 8:03PM
You and 2 other 20 year olds are trying to do the impossible. You are tying to steal bitcoin from one of the top creditors at Genesis Capital. Lucky for you, your friend hoards this type of information so it is a bit easier than it would have been. One of you friends calls the victims personal number telling him that his accounts are already compromised. This gives you access to an atomic wallet as well as lots of emails. Your friend decides to try another phishing scam on the victim, and to your surprise, it works. One of the attackers convinces the victim to hop on anydesk( a screen sharing tool) while another attacker looks for personal details to get into the wallets. After an attacker got the victims keys uploaded to his one drive, it was game over. The 4 20 year olds just got access to 238 MILLION dollars. They laundered it as best as they could and lived like millionaires for a month or 2 spending hundreds of thousands of dollars a night at different clubs. Eventually it all came crashing down and are now responsible for one of the biggest heists in history.
The Biggest Recorded Heist In All Of History
On Febuary 21, 2025, the cryptocurrency exchange “ByBit” was hit with the biggest theft in recorded history. A state sponsored North Korean hacking group called “Lazarus” was behind the theft and got away with approximtely $1.5 billion taken from ByBit’s cold wallet. By-Bit uses a multi signature wallet, meaning whenever someone wants to withdrawl any crypto, they need multiple peoples permission. This would be a very secure way to store crypto usually. But one day one of the developer gets a normal telegram message with an innocent file attached. The man who sent the link was able to convince the dev to “help troubleshoot a project.” Little did he know the domain was created 2 days ago. He clicks the file, nothing happens…. But in the background a malicious python script was running malicious code allowing the attackers to RAT the computer (Remote Access Trojan) The malware starts off very subtly making sure it is not noticed until they find a developer’s amazon web service account, letting them log straight in bypassing 2FA. 15 days later they log back in the developer account. They know that ByBit does a routine transfer of funds every 2-3 weeks. The attackers know this and are eventually able to change the address ByBit’s funds are being sent to. The North Koreans took off with 1.5 Billion dollars that day.