Security News > 2020 > March > Researchers Uncover a Nigerian Hacker's Pursuit of his Million Dollar Dream

Cybersecurity firm Check Point Research, in a report shared with The Hacker news, uncovered the digital trail of a Nigerian cybercriminal, who went by the name of "Dton" and targeted hundreds of thousands of people under the moniker of "Bill Henry" by sending them malicious emails with custom-built malware.

A multi-stage criminal scheme The operation began with Dton buying stolen credit card details from Ferrum Shop, an online marketplace that sells over 2.5 million stolen credit card credentials, and then charging them each $550 each to fraudulently net more than $100,000 in illicit transactions.

Subsequently, the researchers found that Dton's monetizing cyber crimes were no longer dependent upon buying stolen credit cards.

"Active for over seven years, Dton orchestrates his operation from Benin City, a city in southern Nigeria with a population over 1.5 million," the researchers told The Hacker News.

Check Point researchers found a twist in the criminal's modus operandi: "When business with someone goes well, Dton infects them with a RAT just in case it later turns out to be useful; when business with someone goes less than well, Dton resolves the dispute by reporting them to the Interpol."

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