{"id":58516,"date":"2018-01-03T13:22:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T19:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=58516"},"modified":"2018-01-03T13:22:25","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T19:22:25","slug":"romanians-charged-hacking-cameras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/romanians-charged-hacking-cameras\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Romanians Facing Charges for Hacking 123 D.C. Cameras"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Hackers Arrested for Massive Cyber Attack<\/h3>\n<p>Almost a year ago, PC Pitstop reported on a <a href=\"https:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/2017\/01\/30\/surveillance-cameras-ransomware\/\">ransomware attack<\/a> that took out 123 surveillance cameras days before President Trump&#8217;s inauguration.\u00a0 After determining the cameras were infected with malware, it was determined Dharma and Cerber ransomware were also on the systems.\u00a0 Beyond infecting the systems with ransomware, there was evidence the hackers were using the government systems to distribute the ransomware variants.<\/p>\n<p>A malicious document titled USA.txt had been distributed to over 179,000 email addresses found within the infected systems.\u00a0 After these findings were discovered, officials reached out to those who may have been impacted to warn them of the unauthorized intrusion.\u00a0 Unfortunately, for at least one undisclosed company, it was too late.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/investigations\/two-romanians-arrested-hacking-123-d-c-police-surveillance-cameras-n833346\">reported<\/a> two Romanians have been arrested for allegedly being responsible for the act.\u00a0 According to the Department of Justice, Mihai Isvanca and Eveline Cismaru were arrested in Bucharest on December 15, 2017 as they attempted to leave the country.\u00a0 If the two are convicted, they could be punished up to 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>The full criminal complaint is available for download <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-dc\/press-release\/file\/1021186\/download\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hackers Arrested for Massive Cyber Attack Almost a year ago, PC Pitstop reported on a ransomware attack that took out 123 surveillance cameras days before President Trump&#8217;s inauguration.\u00a0 After determining the cameras were infected with malware, it was determined 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