Hacker GhostShell is back, leaking data from 32 companies with open FTP directories

Beware lazy admins! You surely didn’t leave open FTP ports, but you might want to double-check a few things before you end up in a data dump highlighting poor cybersecurity hygiene. It doesn’t take an uber hacker to find open FTP directories, but a fairly infamous hacker, GhostShell, intends to disclose those security holes and dump the data online.

A few months ago, GhostShell doxed himself with the hope it would result in being offered a legitimate “white hat” job in cybersecurity. The 24-year-old Romanian hacker, Razvan Eugen Gheorghe, lived a mere 1.2 miles from a law enforcement squad which has previously arrested other active hackers. He allegedly believed the doxing might get him arrested, but then he could reach a plea bargain to use his skills for good by gaining employment as a white hat.

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