{"id":2532,"date":"2017-08-31T11:08:11","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T17:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/?p=2532"},"modified":"2017-08-31T11:08:11","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T17:08:11","slug":"fbi-arrests-another-hacker-who-visited-united-states-to-attend-a-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/?p=2532","title":{"rendered":"FBI Arrests Another Hacker Who Visited United States to Attend a Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2017\/08\/opm-hacker-data-breach.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/fbi-hacker-arrested-opm-data-breach.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The FBI has arrested a Chinese citizen for allegedly distributing malware used in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2015\/06\/hacking-files.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2015 massive OPM breach<\/a>\u00a0that resulted in the theft of personal details of more than 25 Million U.S. federal employees, including 5.6 Million\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2015\/09\/opm-hack-fingerprint.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal officials&#8217; fingerprints<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Yu Pingan<\/b>, identified by the agency as the pseudonym &#8220;GoldSun,&#8221; was arrested at Los Angeles international airport on Wednesday when he was arrived in the United States to attend a conference, CNN\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2017\/08\/24\/politics\/fbi-arrests-chinese-national-in-opm-data-breach\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reported<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2017\/08\/opm-hacker-data-breach.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/opm-chinese-hacker.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old Chinese national is said to face charges in connection with the\u00a0<b>Sakula malware<\/b>, which was not only used to breach the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) but also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2015\/02\/anthem-data-breach.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breached Anthem<\/a>health insurance firm in 2015.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2017\/08\/opm-hacker-data-breach.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_2532\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"2532\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FBI has arrested a Chinese citizen for allegedly distributing malware used in the\u00a02015 massive OPM breach\u00a0that resulted in the theft of personal details of more than 25 Million U.S. federal employees, including 5.6 Million\u00a0federal officials&#8217; fingerprints. 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