Monero-Nur-Hacker Intelbroker gefangen, nachdem er Bitcoin vom FBI angenommen hatte

tldr; Kai West, a British cybersecurity student operating under the alias ‚IntelBroker,‘ was arrested for selling stolen data after the FBI convinced him to accept Bitcoin instead of Monero, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency. West’s Bitcoin transaction led investigators to trace his identity through linked wallets and accounts. He allegedly caused $25 million in damages by selling sensitive data from major US firms. If convicted, West faces decades in prison for conspiracy, wire fraud, and data theft.

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He thought he was untouchable and smarter than everyone else. Well, everything comes at a price in this world!

I guess he’ll have plenty of time to think about it.

Not quite monero-only it seems

I’m confused….did he not convert back to monero? That would have prevented the tracing.

Oh ok read the article now and it was even more dumb.

>The Bitcoin wallet West provided had been funded via another wallet, which had in turn been seeded by an account at Ramp, platform that covers between fiat money like British pounds and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. The platform requires identity verification.

>Investigators discovered that the Ramp account was registered to Kai West, using a UK driver’s licence. The same ID had also been used to open a Coinbase account under the alias “Kyle Northern”, which further linked West to the transaction trail.