These guys were selling access to 2 of the 3 telco networks in Australia. They used linkedin to target mainly private investigators. They could access 3 year old itemised billing statements, which included the confirmation of address, which was a major privacy issue.
The Telco's knew about this but struggled to investigate it, due to the juristriction issues. The AU federal police got involved and about 12 months later the first arrests started hapening.
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