Metadata strike again!
February 22nd, 2006 by cwalshBrian Krebs wrote about a botnet and the 733t d00d who ran one, nom de hack 0×80. Well, turns out the doctored on-line photo the Washington Post ran contained metadata identifying the gentleman’s rather small home town. Coupled with information in Krebs’ article concerning businesses near 0×80’s residence, identifying the young criminal would seem a foregone conclusion.
The Inquirer reports further.