Threat actor
threat_actor:john_doe
Also: Gery’s hacker, mystery hacker
Unidentified hacker charged alongside Gery Shalon and Joshua Aaron in the hacking indictment; later associated in the episode with Andrei Tyurin.
Unidentified hacker charged alongside Gery Shalon and Joshua Aaron in the hacking indictment; later associated in the episode with Andrei Tyurin.
“an unidentified suspect, a John Doe, the mystery hacker”
“The feds had confirmed that it was Gery pulling the strings”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | USES | Brute-force attack | Explicit | 76 |
| outgoing | USES | Reverse shell | Explicit | 76 |
| outgoing | USES | distributed denial-of-service attack | Explicit | 76 |
| outgoing | USES | SEO poisoning | Explicit | 76 |
| outgoing | ASSOCIATED_WITH | Gery Shalon | Explicit | 76 |
John Doe USES Brute-force attack
The unidentified hacker used a brute-force attack to access an E-Trade video teleconferencing server.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 76 Details
“the hacker breached E-Trade’s server using a brute force attack to gain access to a video teleconferencing server”
John Doe USES Reverse shell
The unidentified hacker installed a reverse shell on an E-Trade server to maintain access and export data.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 76 Details
“he installed a reverse shell on it. Four days after that, he gained access to three more internal servers”
John Doe USES distributed denial-of-service attack
Gery's hacker used a botnet to conduct denial-of-service attacks against competing gambling sites.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 76 Details
“The hacker would use a botnet to launch a huge denial-of-service attack on competitor casinos”
John Doe USES SEO poisoning
The hacker compromised dormant gambling-related WordPress blogs and added links and posts to improve the ranking of Gery's casinos.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 76 Details
“The hacker exploited a lot of these old WordPress blogs and he created tons of links to the casinos’ websites.”
John Doe ASSOCIATED_WITH Gery Shalon
The unidentified hacker worked for or with Gery Shalon, who supplied infrastructure, accounts, instructions, and payment for hacking work.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 76 Details
“Gery tells the hacker the plan to steal customer data from the databases and gives the hacker servers around the world to use”