How the FBI and Mandiant caught a ‘serial hacker’ who tried to fake his own death

**Executive Summary:** The report describes how a Kentucky-based hacker, Jesse Kipf, used information-stealing malware and stolen medical credentials to access multiple U.S. state death registries (notably Hawaii), filed a fraudulent death certificate for himself, sold stolen credentials and access on criminal forums, and was identified by Mandiant and law enforcement, leading to his arrest, indictment, and an 81-month federal sentence.