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UGNazi (Underground Nazi Hacktivist Group) is a hacker group. The group conducted a series of cyberattacks, including social engineering, data breach, and denial-of-service attacks, on the websites of various organizations in 2012. Two members of UGNazi were arrested in June 2012; one was incarcerated.

Attacks

In April 2012, UGNazi performed distributed denial-of-service attacks on the websites of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Department of Justice in protest of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act.[1] In May 2012, UGNazi hacked the website of Ultimate Fighting Championship and leaked the website's database, as well as financial and personal information of Dana White in response for the UFC's support of the Stop Online Piracy Act.[2]

In May 2012, after compromising a database belonging to the Washington Military Department, UGNazi leaked sensitive DNS information used by the US state of Washington. They also leaked the account details of about 16 users, consisting of usernames and password hashes, including those of the website's administrator.[3] UGNazi performed a social engineering attack on web host billing software developer WHMCS.[4] A member of the group called WHMCS' hosting provider, impersonating a senior employee.[5] They gained root access to WHMCS's web server and leaked WHMCS's SQL database, website files, and cPanel configuration. The leaked database contained about 500,000 stored credit card numbers.[4][5][6][7]

In June 2012, UGNazi targeted the well-known imageboard 4chan.[8] They are reported to have hacked CloudFlare's database. The attacks on 4chan were short, lasting about 20 minutes. During that 20 minutes anyone trying to access 4chan would be redirected to UGNazi's Twitter page.[9]

In June 2012, UGNazi attacked the non-profit organization Wounded Warrior Project. The Project's database was released on June 6, 2012.[10][11]

On June 8, 2012, UGNazi hacked the website of Wawa, a chain of convenience stores. They defaced the webpage, and have made statements that they have remote access to all of Wawa's gas station terminals. UGNazi has said that the reason for hacking Wawa was to lower gas prices. The Wawa website has since been secured.[12][13][14]

On June 21, 2012, UGNazi claimed they took popular social media website Twitter down via a denial of service attack. Twitter was down for two hours, and this was the worst crash the site had faced in eight months.[15] However, "It's doubtful they wrestled down Twitter — it was probably just a bug," said blogger Sam Biddle.[16]

UGNazi hacked into the Twitter accounts of Shirley Phelps-Roper on December 17, 2012, and Fred Phelps Jr. on December 19, 2012, in protest of their Westboro Baptist Church's planned protest following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings. Phelps-Roper's account displayed a tribute called 'Pray For Newtown', lending support to those affected by the tragedy. As of the 20th of the same month, Phelps-Roper's account has been returned to her control, whereas Phelps' is listed as having been suspended.[citation needed]

Arrests and sentencing

Mir Islam ("Josh the God") and Eric Taylor ("Cosmo the God") of UGNazi were arrested on June 26, 2012 as a result of Operation Card Shop, a Federal Bureau of Investigation investigation into identity theft and credit card fraud. Islam was apprehended in Manhattan after allegedly attempting to withdraw money using a stolen ATM card.[17] On November 7, 2012, Taylor was sentenced in juvenile court in Long Beach, California. Taylor pleaded guilty to multiple felonies in exchange for a probation, encompassing all the charges brought against him, which included charges based on credit card fraud, identity theft, bomb threats, and online impersonation. The terms of the plea placed him on probation until his 21st birthday, restricted his internet access, and required him to forfeit seized assets.[18][19][20]

In December 2018, Troy Woody ("Osama the God") and Islam of UGNazi were arrested in Manila on murder charges related to the death of Tomi Masters, Woody's girlfriend.[21] Woody and Islam dumped a box containing Masters's body in the Pasig River.[21] Both members of UGNazi confirmed that they handled the box, but individually denied killing Masters.[21]

References

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  2. ^ "The UFC finally issues a statement about UGNazi, the group that hacked UFC.com". MiddleEasy. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
  3. ^ Kovacs, Eduard. "UGNazi Hackers Leak Data from Washington Military Department". Softpedia. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
  4. ^ a b "UGNazi Leaks 1.7 GB of Data from WHMCS Servers". News.softpedia.com. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  5. ^ a b Greenberg, Andy (May 22, 2012). "Hackers Impersonate Web Billing Firm's Staff To Spill 500,000 Users' Passwords And Credit Cards". Forbes.
  6. ^ Leyden, John (May 22, 2012). "Titsup WHMCS calls the Feds after credit-card megaleak". Retrieved August 18, 2014.
  7. ^ Kovacs, Edward. "UGNazi Leaks 1.7 GB of Data from WHMCS Servers". Softpedia News. Retrieved 16 September 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  8. ^ "Twitter / CosmoTheGod: We have gained full access". Twitter.com. June 1, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  9. ^ Kumar, Mohit (4 June 2012). "UGNazi hackers attack on CloudFlare via a flaw in Google". Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  10. ^ "UGNazi Attacks Wounded Warrior Project to Spite The Jester". News.softpedia.com. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  11. ^ "Twitter / UG: @th3j35t3r http://t.co/BfEx9nz4". Twitter.com. June 1, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2014. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  12. ^ "Twitter / UG: #UGNazi Wawa Hacked!, Gas". Twitter.com. June 8, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  13. ^ "Wawa's website hacked | Courier-Post". courierpostonline.com. June 8, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  14. ^ "In hack, Wawa web turns Kawaii Hitler". Philly.com. June 10, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  15. ^ Pepitone, Julianne (June 21, 2012). "Twitter crashes hard, Internet freaks out". CNN. Archived from the original on June 23, 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ Biddle, Sam (November 30, 2012). "The Final Words of a 15-Year-Old Hacker Banned from the Internet". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on June 15, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ Zetter, Kim (June 26, 2012). "Feds Arrest 24 in Global Carding Ring Bust". Wired. Condé Nast Publications. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ Honan, Mat (November 9, 2012). "Teenage Hacker 'Cosmo the God' Sentenced by California Court". Wired.
  19. ^ Day, Andrea. "A former hacker reveals what he's learned about cybersecurity". CNBC. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  20. ^ Honan, Mat (11 September 2012). "Cosmo, the Hacker 'God' Who Fell to Earth". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2019-02-06 – via www.wired.com.
  21. ^ a b c Bernstein, Joseph; Alba, Davey (February 5, 2019). ""Down The Rabbit Hole I Go": How A Young Woman Followed Two Hackers' Lies To Her Death". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
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