Wednesday 10 May 2017

The smiling hacker

"You don't have to overthink when you are doing what you love"

Heyo readers! A really unique topic today... Guess what? I am going to tell you about the smiling hacker. Yea yea, you read it right, The Smiling Hacker 😂
He is a very cool man, seriously. A secret  hugger-mugger of the world. Let me tell you, he is called  Hamza Bendelladj and  he is originally from Algeria. He is the one who is ionised by millions of Algerians.

Hamza Bendelladj is a version of modern day online Robin Hood and is a hero worshipped in his home country. The Algerians and hackers from Middle-Eastern region view him as their idol whom they seek to emulate. Hamza reportedly used his SpyEye trojan to milk money from people from the west to give the same to Palestinian charities closer home. More so because somebody on social media spread the rumour that Hamza was handed over death sentence by the US court.

Hamza is a legend in Algeria, a country which is also going through turbulent times politically. Hamza who operated with the code name is ” BX1 ” 1  (isn't this interesting?) and was dubbed the ” smiling Hacker “, born in 1988 , from Tizi-Ouzou in Algeria. According to the people who knew him, Hamza could speak 5 foreign languages and was proficient in coding, a career option available to only the elite Algerian class.

Algerians and Middle-Eastern hackers but for the West he was nothing less than a criminal who was on list of FBI’s most wanted cyber criminals. He and his friend, Aleksandr Andreevich Panin aka ‘Gribodemon’ and ‘Harderman’ were responsible for losses of over $20 million to Western banks through their SpyEye trojan. He and Hamza used to sell  “SpyEye” online for $1000 to $10,000. According to authorities, Hamza and Panin sold this blockbuster malware to more than 150 Cyber criminals. One of the their client is believed to have stolen $3.2 million during 6 month period using “SpyEye“ malware.
Hamza Bendelladj who is just 27 years old will get to spend 15 years in a US Penitentiary for the financial crimes he and Panin committed. Despite his admission of guilt, Hamza’s supporters continue to hack various websites across the world, including, of late, Air France and a Virginia-based university, calling for his release using the hashtags #FreeHamzaBendellaj and #FreePalestine.

Algerian hero who is 1/10 most dangerous hackers.
Hacked 217 banks, sent $280,000,000 to Palestine, very huge amount people.

His sentence? death.

Ow. I actually see him as a hero and obviously he is. Such a cyberpunk he has, this talent might be so useful for other important things.
You liked it people? Do comment :)
Until the next,
Vidhi.

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