Person

Ghost Exodus

person:ghost_exodus Also: Jesse McGraw

Online identity used by Jesse McGraw, who describes his hacking activities and prosecution.

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Direction Predicate Other entity Origin EP
outgoing SAME_AS Jesse McGraw Explicit 70
outgoing MEMBER_OF Insane Masterminds Crew Explicit 70
outgoing USES Rxbot Explicit 70
outgoing USES denial-of-service attack Explicit 70
outgoing COMPROMISES HVAC server Explicit 70
outgoing USES LogMeIn Explicit 70
outgoing USES Ophcrack Explicit 70
outgoing USES brute-force password cracking Derived 70
outgoing DISCOVERED_BY Wesley McGrew Explicit 70
incoming DEVELOPED_BY Electronik Tribulation Army Derived 70

Claims

Ghost Exodus SAME_AS Jesse McGraw

Jack states that Ghost Exodus was Jesse McGraw.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 70 Details

“Ghost Exodus was Jesse McGraw.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 30929–30959

Ghost Exodus MEMBER_OF Insane Masterminds Crew

Ghost Exodus says he was originally a member of the Insane Masterminds Crew.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 70 Details

“I originally was a member of the Insane Masterminds Crew.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 7437–7494

Electronik Tribulation Army DEVELOPED_BY Ghost Exodus

Ghost Exodus says he started his own hacking group, which became the Electronik Tribulation Army.

Derived Confidence 94% · Jack Rhysider EP 70 Details

“he was able to start his own hacking group, and he named it ETA.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 8276–8340

Ghost Exodus USES Rxbot

The botnet Ghost Exodus used in the clinic was identified as Rxbot.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 70 Details

“The botnet he was using was called Rxbot.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 20173–20214

Ghost Exodus USES denial-of-service attack

Ghost Exodus says he used the bots to launch attacks and later used the botnet to attack targets.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 70 Details

“I thought of doing was infecting as many computers as possible in order to launch this botnet attack”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 13327–13427

“On several occasions, I attacked 94chan with them.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 22619–22669

Ghost Exodus COMPROMISES HVAC server

Ghost Exodus gained access to the clinic's HVAC server and established a persistent remote connection to it.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 70 Details

“With that, he was able to establish a persistent remote connection to this HVAC server.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 15386–15473

Ghost Exodus USES LogMeIn

Ghost Exodus says he used browser-based LogMeIn to remotely access the HVAC server.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 70 Details

“I decided to use the browser-based LogMeIn.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 15336–15379

Ghost Exodus USES Ophcrack

Ghost Exodus used Ophcrack to obtain passwords from locked Windows computers.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 70 Details

“He looked up how he could get into a locked computer and found a tool called Ophcrack.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 16411–16497

Ghost Exodus USES brute-force password cracking

Ghost Exodus used Ophcrack's password-cracking process to access clinic computers.

Derived Confidence 97% · Jack Rhysider EP 70 Details

“He would put the Ophcrack CD in the tray, reboot the computer, wait for Ophcrack to find a password”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 17620–17719

Ghost Exodus DISCOVERED_BY Wesley McGrew

Wesley investigated the screenshots, identified the clinic, and collected information linking the activity to Ghost Exodus.

Explicit Direction flagged Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 70 Details

“I wanted to find out as much about Ghost Exodus as I could.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 33500–33558

“we contacted the Jackson, Mississippi FBI and handed that information over.”