A known leader of an internet hacking group in Kosovo is accused of using his skills to infiltrate a U.S. server with military and government personnel information that he made public on social media.
Prosecutors believe 20-year-old Ardit Ferizi, also known as “Th3Dir3ctorY,” stole and released personal information of more than a thousand soldiers and government employees on Twitter in August.
He made his first appearance in a Virginia court Friday.
The criminal complaint claims Ferizi posted a public hyperlink on Twitter with the title, “U.S. Military AND Government personnel, including Emails,Passwords, Names, Phone Numbers, and Location Information.” The link contained sensitive information of 1,352 people employed by the government, and military.
He is also accused of sending info containing credit card information to ISIL.
The Kosovo native was arrested in Malaysia last fall, where he was staying on a student visa.
According to the complaint, Ferizi reached out over Twitter to a man the FBI believed was in contact with one of the roommates involved in the fatal shooting incident at the “Draw Mohammad Contest” in Garland, Texas.
The investigation claimed that @Muslim_Sniper_D, a 37-year-old mechanic named Tariq Hamayun, who joined ISIL after volunteering for the Taliban, was located in Raqqah, Syria, an ISIS stronghold.
Court documents claim Farizi sent screenshots of credit card info belonging to 27 Americans, 18 British and 22 French citizens along with personal information to Hamayun over Twitter in April 2015.
At the end of their Twitter exchange, Hamayun wrote to Farizi, “Pliz [sic] brother come and join us in the Islamic state.” For the full article click here
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