Alleged hacking mastermind ran dark web operation from caravan park
An alleged computer hacker living in a caravan park on an island off the Kent coast has admitted to stealing customer data from the websites of over a dozen high-profile companies.
Grant West, 25, admitted at Southwark Crown Court Thursday (14 December) to obtaining details of 165,000 Just Eat customers' in a bid to sell them on the so-called 'dark web' for bitcoin.
Under the pseudonym "courvoisier", West stands accused of selling usernames, passwords and drugs to buyers on an underground website only accessible with the use of special anonymising software. While living at Ashcroft Caravan Park on the Isle of Sheppey, he reportedly targeted 17 websites between 25 August and 30 September this year.
