![]() Department of Justice unsealed an indictment that named a different Ukrainian man as Helkern. ![]() KrebsOnSecurity began revisiting the research into Rescator’s real-life identity in 2018, after the U.S. That reporting was based on clues from an early Russian cybercrime forum in which a hacker named Rescator - using the same profile image that Rescator was known to use on other forums - claimed to have originally been known as “Helkern,” the nickname chosen by the administrator of a cybercrime forum called Darklife. Efforts to confirm my reporting with that individual ended when they declined to answer questions, and after I declined to accept a bribe of $10,000 not to run my story. Shortly after breaking the Target story, KrebsOnSecurity reported that Rescator appeared to be a hacker from Ukraine. ![]() Rescator, advertising a new batch of cards stolen in a 2014 breach at P.F. ![]()
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