One hacker used the information to pose as a police officer.
According to the complaint, Singh used the information from the federal portal to threaten his victims, and in one instance, wrote to one person that he would harm their family unless they gave him the credentials to their Instagram accounts. He then attached the victim’s social security number, driver’s license number, home address, and other personal information he collected from the government’s database to his threat.
Meanwhile, Ceraolo used the portal to obtain the email credentials belonging to a Bangladeshi police officer. Ceraolo allegedly posed as the officer during his correspondence with an unnamed social media platform, and convinced the site to provide the home address, email address, and telephone number of a specific user under the guise that the victim “participated in ‘child extortion,’ blackmail, and threatened the Bangladeshi government.
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