The IT security researchers at CheckPoint cyber security firm headquartered in Israel and the US has revealed that the recent series of cyber crimes against oil (1), mining (2), construction, and energy sector organizations (3) were perpetrated by a young hacker and not any nation-state sponsored hacker group. It comes as a big surprise considering that the hacking campaign in which various high profile firms across the globe were targeted, were carried out by a lone hacker.
In its official blog post released on August 15th, CheckPoint stated that the hacker uses the motto “Get Rich or Die Trying” on social media. Moreover, the hacker is in his mid-20s and is a Nigerian national who used phishing and malware infection to compromise over 4,000 computers.