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Personal data of Dutch citizens was sold through Telegram and Snapchat.
Dutch law enforcement officials have arrested two people involved in the trafficking of COVID-19 patients ' data. This was reported by RTL Nieuws reporter Daniel Verlaan, who discovered ads for Dutch citizens ' data on several popular communication platforms, including Telegram, Snapchat and Wickr. Police arrested the attackers within 24 hours of receiving a statement from the Dutch Municipal Health Service (GGD).
"On Friday, January 22, the police and prosecutor's offices received reports from GGD that personal data from GGD systems was put up for sale via Telegram. The Anti-Cybercrime Unit of the Dutch police immediately initiated an investigation. The investigation turned to two employees of the GGD call center. The police immediately put them under surveillance. Both suspects were in Amsterdam on Saturday evening, where they were arrested and taken into custody. They were a 21-year-old Hailoo resident and a 23-year-old Alblasserdam resident. The residence of both men was searched; computers were seized, " the police said in a notice.
Millions of records with data on coronavirus patients, including addresses, phone numbers and social security numbers (BSN), were put up for sale. Apparently, the data was stolen from two of the most important GGD systems-CoronIT, which contains the data of citizens who were tested for coronavirus, and one of the GGD systems for tracking contacts with patients HPzone Light. Two of the suspects had access to these systems because they worked at the GGD call center.
For several months, attackers from several accounts offered data in various large chat groups in popular messengers. From some accounts, cybercriminals offered data on individual users. That is, for 30-50 euros, the buyer could get home and email addresses, social security number, as well as the phone number of the person of interest. For several thousand euros, sellers offered data sets of hundreds of thousands of Dutch citizens. The cost of the data was 30-50 euros per person.
Dutch law enforcement officials have arrested two people involved in the trafficking of COVID-19 patients ' data. This was reported by RTL Nieuws reporter Daniel Verlaan, who discovered ads for Dutch citizens ' data on several popular communication platforms, including Telegram, Snapchat and Wickr. Police arrested the attackers within 24 hours of receiving a statement from the Dutch Municipal Health Service (GGD).
"On Friday, January 22, the police and prosecutor's offices received reports from GGD that personal data from GGD systems was put up for sale via Telegram. The Anti-Cybercrime Unit of the Dutch police immediately initiated an investigation. The investigation turned to two employees of the GGD call center. The police immediately put them under surveillance. Both suspects were in Amsterdam on Saturday evening, where they were arrested and taken into custody. They were a 21-year-old Hailoo resident and a 23-year-old Alblasserdam resident. The residence of both men was searched; computers were seized, " the police said in a notice.
Millions of records with data on coronavirus patients, including addresses, phone numbers and social security numbers (BSN), were put up for sale. Apparently, the data was stolen from two of the most important GGD systems-CoronIT, which contains the data of citizens who were tested for coronavirus, and one of the GGD systems for tracking contacts with patients HPzone Light. Two of the suspects had access to these systems because they worked at the GGD call center.
For several months, attackers from several accounts offered data in various large chat groups in popular messengers. From some accounts, cybercriminals offered data on individual users. That is, for 30-50 euros, the buyer could get home and email addresses, social security number, as well as the phone number of the person of interest. For several thousand euros, sellers offered data sets of hundreds of thousands of Dutch citizens. The cost of the data was 30-50 euros per person.