Brazil Arrests ‘USDoD,’ Hacker in FBI Infragard Breach
Summary: Brazilian Federal Police reportedly arrested a 33-year-old man from Belo Horizonte on suspicion of being the hacker 'USDoD,' who infiltrated the FBI's InfraGard program in 2022 and leaked contact information for 80,000 members. USDoD was also linked to a breach at the Florida data broker National Public Data that exposed Social Security numbers and other personal information for a significant portion of the U.S. population, and Brazil wanted him in connection with the theft of data on its own Federal Police officers.
What you should know: The same actor who social-engineered his way into an FBI information-sharing program using a financial CEO's identity, and whose National Public Data breach fed class-action suits and a bankruptcy, was reportedly arrested on Brazilian charges only - and Brazil's constitution does not permit extradition of its citizens.
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