Security News > 2024 > January > ShinyHunters member gets 3 years in prison for breaching 60 firms
The U.S. District Court in Seattle sentenced ShinyHunters member Sebastien Raoult to three years in prison and ordered a restitution of $5,000,000.
Previously, in September 2023, Raoult pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, facing a maximum punishment of 27 years in prison.
Raoult, a 22-year-old from France, is known online as 'Sezyo Kaizen' and was part of the ShinyHunters hacking group.
ShinyHunters used this corporate access to steal data from over 60 organizations, including personally identifiable information and financial details of millions of people.
In many cases, the hackers followed through with their threats, leaking data publicly to expose customers' data and cause reputation and financial damage to the firms.
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