Hacker pleads guilty to breaching company networks to pitch his own services

Date:
Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:19:09 +0000

Description:
A Kansas hacker responsible for three separate incidents was actually found
to be pushing his own cybersecurity protection services.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Kansas man hacked health club, nonprofit and former employer to promote his services He claimed responsibility and offered remedial support He could face up to five years in prison and more

A Kansas man has plead guilty to hacking multiple organizations only to promote his own cybersecurity services.

Nicholas Michael Kloster, a 32-year-old from Kansas City, was indicted in
2024 for breaching three organizations, including a health club and a
Missouri nonprofit organization.

During the incident, Kloster emailed business owners claiming responsibility for the attacks, and offering consulting services to prevent future cyberattacks, and his fate will soon be determined. Cyberattacker admits to pushing his own consulting services

In one case, Kloster accessed a gym's systems by breaching a restricted area. He manipulated the system to remove his own photo from the member database before reducing his monthly membership fee to $1. He then explained to the business owner that he had bypassed login credentials for security cameras
and accessed router settings.

In a separate incident, Kloster used a boot disk to bypass authentication
into a nonprofit's systems, stealing sensitive data, installing a VPN and changing user passwords.

A press release from the US Attorney's Office of Western District of Missouri explains that "the company has sustained significant losses in an attempt to remediate the effects from this intrusion."

Furthermore, Kloster is said to have stolen credit card data from a former employer to buy hacking tools (including a thumb drive advertised as a tool for hacking into vulnerable computers) after being fired from the company in April 2024.

The Attorney's Office explained that Kloster's actions deserve him up to five years' imprisonment in federal prison without parole, a fine of up to $250,000, up to three years of supervised release, and an order of restitution. A jury will decide the exact consequences he will face, but the involvement of the FBI suggests Kloster could face some pretty serious punishments. You might also like We've listed the best endpoint protection software Downloaded something dodgy? Consider using the best malware removal British man behind IntelBroker hacker group charged with stealing millions



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