Hieu Minh Ngo

Hieu Minh Ngo is a Vietnamese citizen[1] who earned 2 million US Dollars[2] and was convicted of stealing identities of over 200 million American citizens[3] from Court Ventures,[4] an Experian subsidiary.[5][6] The information was provided using superget.info.[7] On 14 July 2015, Ngo was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Vietnamese National Charged in Widespread International Scheme to Steal and Sell Hundreds of Thousands of U.s. Persons’ Personally Identifiable Information | OPA | Department of Justice". Justice.gov. 2013-10-18. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  2. ↑ Alyssa Bereznak. "This 25-Year-Old Vietnamese Man Stole the Identities of Nearly 200 Million Americans". Yahoo.com. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  3. ↑ "Experian Lapse Allowed ID Theft Service Access to 200 Million Consumer Records — Krebs on Security". Krebsonsecurity.com. 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  4. ↑ Poeter, Damon (2013-10-22). "Experian Confirms Subsidiary's Data Sold to ID Theft Operation | News & Opinion". PCMag.com. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  5. ↑ "Experian subsidiary faces MEGA-PROBE for 'selling consumer data to fraudster'". Theregister.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  6. ↑ Osborne, Charlie (2014-04-14). "200M consumer records exposed in Experian security lapse". CNET. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  7. ↑ "Identity Theft and the Underground Economy". Identity.utexas.edu. 2014-08-25. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  8. ↑ Dailymail.com Reporter. "Vietnamese hacker sentenced to 13 years in prison for stealing 200m US identities | Daily Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-15.


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