The popular Romanian Hacker Guccifer will be extradited to US soon

The Romania’s High Court of Cassation and Justice ruled that the popular Romanian hacker Guccifer will be extradited to the United States.

Marcel Lazar Lehel it the real name of the name of the notorious hacker Guccifer who breached the online accounts of several public figures between December 2012 and January 2014.

The popular hacker revealed he violated the accounts of his victims by guessing the answers to security questions.

News of the day is that the 42-year-old Romanian national hacker will be extradited to the United States, the decision was taken by a Romania’s High Court of Cassation and Justice. The Romanian supreme court approved the request of US authorities on Friday, the local authorities will hand over Guccifer to the United States for a period of 18 months.

Authorities believe Guccifer hacked into the email accounts of several individuals in the United States, including former Secretary of State Colin Powell, members of the Bush family, venture capitalist John Doerr, military officials, actors, and journalists.

Guccifer also hacked, at least, the accounts of two Romanian officials.

The man was arrested in January 2014 by the Romanian police in a joint operation with the US authorities, in June of the same year he was sentenced to seven years in prison for hacking the accounts of Romanian politician Corina Cretu and George Maior, the head of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI).

A US federal grand jury also indicted Guccifer on charges of wire fraud, identity theft, unauthorized access to a protected computer, and cyberstalking.

Pierluigi Paganini

(Security Affairs – hacking, cybercrime)

Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.