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Agent Finds PII Marketplace
- Matt O'Neill, a Secret Service agent, discovered a website openly selling Americans' personally identifiable information (PII).
- He found he could buy full PII like name, date of birth, and social security numbers of anyone.
Teen Hacker's Descent
- Hugh, a teen in Vietnam, got into hacking and identity theft starting from curiosity and necessity.
- He laundered thousands of dollars and enrolled in college while secretly running cybercrime operations.
Fake PI Fuels Massive Theft
- Hugh invented a fake private investigator identity to bypass restrictions and became a major seller of U.S. social security numbers.
- He openly sold stolen identities on a website, making over $100,000 a month.