A professional hacker, Grant West, managed to hack into 17 big websites including Uber, Just Eat, Sainsbury etc. The 25 year old hacker was apprehended and admitted that he hacked these websites between August And September this year by using sentry MBA.
What Was The Reason Behind Hacking The Websites?
Grant West confessed that he hacked into websites to collect personal information related to customers such as their credit card details, to steal money from them and convert it into Bitcoins so that he couldn’t be traced.
He was also succeeded at hacking into the Finish Bitcoin Exchange website.
He hacked into Just Eat and cost cost the firm around $250,000 by stealing over 165,000 customer’s information.
Which 17 Websites Were Hacked?
The websites that were hacked by Grant were:
- Uber
- Sainsbury
- Just Eat
- Asda
- Ladbrokes
- Coral
- Argos
- T- mobile
- Nectar
- Groupon
- Vitality
- AO.com
- British Cardiovascular society
- RS Feva Class Association 2017
- M R Porter
- Truly Experiences Ltd
- The Finnish Bitcoin Exchange.
Grant West’s Past Actions
It’s surprising to know that Grant was arrested in May as well but he refused to be involved in anything illegal and when nothing was found on him, he was bailed.
Getting out on bail didn’t stop him from continuing what he was already doing as he continued to hack into systems.
During August and September, again West’s house was searched and the police recovered around $30,000, plus a stash of cannabis. This led to his arrest once again and where he finally accepted all his crimes, including selling drugs online to people.
Upon further investigation, it was found that Grant had been laundering a huge quantity of Bitcoins from Jan to Sep 2017.
He remains in custody for now and will be given a sentence by Judge Joanna Korner QC.
