Hacker charged for breaching 5 companies for insider trading
ID: 1292f424-a6ea-53ea-8e43-02ea2a279732
STIX ID: report--1292f424-a6ea-53ea-8e43-02ea2a279732
Feed Name: Bleeping Computer
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The SEC charged Robert B. Westbrook with breaching five U.S. public companies by resetting and hijacking senior executives' accounts to access confidential earnings data and execute insider trades, netting about $3.75M across 14 earnings events; the report details alleged tactics (password resets, account hijacking, anonymous email, VPNs, and Bitcoin) and notes both civil SEC action and anticipated criminal prosecution.
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