The website of the hacker group ShinyHunters has moved to a new address, the organization told BNR. Several news organizations said that the website, which had claimed responsibility for the major Odido hack, in which data of at least 6 million customers was stolen, was taken offline, but it turns out it moved.
The move was required after repeated denial-of-service attacks by “rivals,” the group claimed. Issues with data centers that host the website’s infrastructure were also mentioned as a cause.
On Tuesday, police in the Netherlands publicly divulged the Sept. 15 arrest of Pepijn van der S., who is suspected of being one of the ShinyHunters leaders. The 24-year-old internet security professional working in Amsterdam was previously convicted in 2023 for hacking into corporate information systems, blackmail, extortion, and money laundering.
He was also accused of attempting to solicit two murders. Those allegations were confirmed by prosecutors, but are considered to be separate to the cybercrime investigation. The evidence leading investigators to suspect Van der S. of the murder conspiracy charges were found on his seized laptop, the Public Prosecution Service said. ShinyHunters said they had no formal connection to Van der S., and did not consider him to be a talented hacker.
In the period around his arrest, the ShinyHunters website apparently disappeared, leading to speculation that the downtime was connected to the arrest of Van der S. The hacker collective said this was not the case, claiming they’re message about website maintenance was somehow lost.
According to the FBI, ShinyHunters have hacked more than 140 organizations since last year, collecting the data worth at least 70 million U.S. dollars. The hackers then demanded that the FBI amend or withdraw the statements, setting an ultimatum for the American investigative service to review their statements. Instead, the ShinyHunters website went offline.
The new site on the darkweb includes measures against DDoS, or distributed denial-of-service attacks, according to an anonymous message allegedly sent from the group to BNR. They also claimed they were attempting to restore the old site.
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