15 October 2026
Hacker In Ukraine Caught Selling Confidential Information Of Government For Crypto
A hacker in Ukraine charged for selling confidential information from Ukrainian central government databases.
As per the reports revealed by Ukrainian Cyberpolice, a hacker was successful in cracking down the government databases in many ways by compromising personal accounts of authorized staff.
To break into social media accounts and emails, hackers used brute force approaches. By using these simple techniques he was able to have found 50 government databases with up-to-date information.
He then decided to sell the information on hacker forums in exchange for cryptocurrencies. The authorities have still not revealed which currency was used.
Police searched the accused apartment and seized the equipment that was used to conduct these deals. They found a picture that was a skype conversion that was linked with these deals. The hacker told a potential customer that the price was “6.5 [rubles] for one valid [entry].” It is assumed that the customer was located in Russia as Ukraine’s currency is the hryvnia. The quotation amounts to $0.10 per database entry.
The hacker was charged with “unauthorized sale and distribution of information with limited access,” that comes under the category of a maximum prison sentence of five years.
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