The FBI captured the dark web data theft hacker "IntelBroker" through a $250 Bitcoin sting operation.

On June 26, according to Cointelegraph, a British man was charged with operating under the alias "IntelBroker" on a cybercrime forum and was prosecuted for allegedly selling stolen data, causing losses of over $25 million. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced the indictment against Kai West. It is alleged that West engaged in illegal activities on the dark web black market under the alias IntelBroker, resulting in losses of over $25 million for the victims. West conspired with a cyber gang named CyberNers* to steal data from multiple companies, including a telecom company, a city-owned healthcare provider, an internet service provider, and more than 40 other businesses. According to the indictment, an undercover law enforcement officer sent a private message to "IntelBroker" to purchase data from one victim for $250 worth of Bitcoin (BTC). The counterpart provided an Address belonging to West, and after the payment was completed, the data was delivered, which allegedly included three administrator-level usernames and passwords. West and his online accomplices had listed this illegally obtained data for sale at a price exceeding $2 million. He was subsequently arrested in France in February this year, and the U.S. is currently seeking to extradite him.