Sebastien Raoult, a French national who is suspected of being a member of ShinyHunters cybercrime gang known as “Seyzo Kaizen,” has been extradited from Morocco to the United States.
The 22-year-old man was arrested in Morocco at Rabat international airport in Morocco on May 31, 2022, while trying to take a flight to Brussels.
Raoult and two other co-conspirators are charged with having hacked into protected computers of corporate entities and for the theft of stolen proprietary information.
“According to the indictment, Raoult was a participant in a hacking group that dubbed itself the “ShinyHunters.” The conspirators allegedly hacked into protected computers of corporate entities for the theft of proprietary and corporate information. The group advertised sensitive stolen data for sale and sometimes threatened to leak or sell stolen sensitive files if the victim did not pay a ransom.” reads the press release published by DoJ. “Since early 2020, ShinyHunters Group has marketed and promoted data stolen from more than 60 companies in Washington State and elsewhere around the world.”
The group offered the stolen data for sale and sometimes threatened to leak it if the victim did not pay a ransom.
