Ukrainian Police Arrest Hacker Who Tried Selling Billions of Stolen Records

In an official statement
released on Tuesday, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said it
identified the hacker behind the pseudonym “Sanix,” who is a
resident of the Ivano-Frankivsk region of Ukraine, but it did not
reveal his actual identity to the media.
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In January last year, the hacker tried to sell the massive
87-gigabyte database labeled as “the largest array of stolen data
in history,” which, according to security experts, was just a
fraction of the stolen data Sanix collected.

Besides email logins, the database also contained bank card PIN
codes, e-wallets of cryptocurrencies, PayPal accounts, and
information about computers hacked for further use in botnets and
to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, the SBU
said.

At that time, Sanix offered “lifetime” access to the stolen
databases for modest amounts ranging from $45 to $65.

The stolen data included personal and financial data from
residents of different countries, including the European Union and
North America, the authorities said.

Search at his residence resulted in the seizure of computer
equipment with 2 terabytes of stolen data, phones with evidence of
illegal activities, and more than $10,000 in cash from illegal
transactions—190,000 Ukrainian hryvnias (~$7,100) and over $3,000.

Sanix is now facing Ukrainian criminal charges for unauthorized
interference with computers and unauthorized sale or dissemination
of information with limited access stored in computers.

If found guilty, a combination of these two charges can lead up
to 8 years in prison under the Criminal code of Ukraine.