NEW DELHI: An American soldier arrested in Texas last month for selling hacked telecom data is likely linked to a major data breach at India's State-owned BSNL last year, cybersecurity analysts and publicly available information suggest, bringing into the spotlight the cross-continental workings of an underground cybercrime industry.
Cameron John Wagenius, a communications specialist stationed in South Korea, was arrested on December 20 for attempting to sell hacked data from American telecom companies. Wagenius, according to a report by an American cybersecurity publication and experts HT spoke to, is likely "kiberphantom" on a popular dark web marketplace, where he also attempted to sell 278 GB of sensitive BSNL data in May for $5,000 – a fraction of its potential value.
The stolen data included critical subscriber information and security infrastructure details, including international mobile subscriber identities, SIM numbers, and BSNL's home location register – a database containing user histories and call routing information. The hacker also claimed to have obtained snapshots of BSNL's SOLARIS server and security key data.
This story is from the January 10, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Punjab.
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