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Alberto Hill

person:alberto_hill Also: Alberto

Uruguayan security professional and the central subject of the episode, who was convicted after being accused of medical-provider hacking and extortion.

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Direction Predicate Other entity Origin EP
outgoing EXPLOITS admin/admin default credentials Explicit 25
outgoing ASSOCIATED_WITH CERT of Uruguay Explicit 25
outgoing MEMBER_OF Interpol Explicit 25
outgoing USES VPN Explicit 25
outgoing USES proxy Explicit 25
incoming ATTRIBUTED_TO medical-provider patient-record extortion Attributed 25
incoming DISCOVERED_BY admin/admin default credentials Explicit 25

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medical-provider patient-record extortion ATTRIBUTED_TO Alberto Hill

Uruguayan police and the courts attributed the medical-provider hack and extortion to Alberto, but Alberto repeatedly denied doing it and Jack questions whether the wrong person was convicted.

Attributed Confidence 93% · Jack Rhysider EP 25 Details

“Alberto was found guilty and he was being sent to a long-term prison”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 25489–25557

“I did not do it. I didn’t do it and I am innocent.”

Alberto Hill · offsets 3058–3109

“which is probably why in the end they caught the wrong guy”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 34577–34635

admin/admin default credentials DISCOVERED_BY Alberto Hill

Alberto discovered that the medical provider's website accepted admin/admin as administrator credentials.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 25 Details

“Just for fun he tried to log in as the username admin with the password admin and it worked.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 6859–6951

Alberto Hill EXPLOITS admin/admin default credentials

Alberto used the admin/admin default credentials to access the medical facility's systems while investigating and reporting the vulnerability.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Alberto Hill EP 25 Details

“I mean, admin/admin, and I had access to all the systems”

Alberto Hill · offsets 7061–7117

Alberto Hill ASSOCIATED_WITH CERT of Uruguay

Alberto reported the discovered medical-provider vulnerability to the Uruguayan CERT, which confirmed that the problem existed.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Alberto Hill EP 25 Details

“I immediately sent an e-mail to the CERT of Uruguay.”

Alberto Hill · offsets 8315–8367

“In two hours they replied to me and they say okay, [00:10:00] it is confirmed.”

Alberto Hill · offsets 9180–9258

Alberto Hill MEMBER_OF Interpol

Jack says Alberto previously worked with Interpol conducting digital forensics.

Explicit Confidence 90% · Jack Rhysider EP 25 Details

“Before that Alberto was working with Interpol doing digital forensics.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 4226–4296

Alberto Hill USES VPN

After his release, Alberto says he used a VPN when finding security problems and chose not to report them.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Alberto Hill EP 25 Details

“Of course I was connecting with a VPN and a proxy”

Alberto Hill · offsets 40794–40843

Alberto Hill USES proxy

After his release, Alberto says he used a proxy when finding security problems and chose not to report them.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Alberto Hill EP 25 Details

“Of course I was connecting with a VPN and a proxy”