Cyber gang targets MSU student

Wesley McGrew (photo: Kristen Hines Baker / MSU)

Cyber attack involving Mississippi State University emails was seen as witness intimidation, prompting home raids by FBI agents.

MANTECA, California (The New New Internet) July 13, 2010 -- Federal agents raided the homes of three members of a hacker gang who allegedly harassed a security expert who helped to put the group's leader into prison, according to media reports.

Back in May, a suspect pleaded guilty to charges of computer-tampering for placing malware on computer machines at the Texas hospital where the security expert worked.

The suspect led the anarchistic hacking group Electronik Tribulation Army. His arrest fueled harassment by other members of the group against Wesley McGrew, the security researcher at MSU who first alerted authorities.

"They set up a Web site in my name to pose as me, and put up embarrassing content or things they thought would embarrass me, including a call-to-action to buy sex toys, and fake pornographic images," said the owner of McGrew Security.

"They harvested e-mail addresses from the university I work at and e-mailed it out to those addresses."

Link: http://www.thenewnewinternet.com/2010/07/13/fbi-raids-cyber-gang-follow-harassment/

Source: DHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report