ZachXBT Investigation Leads to Conviction of Twitter Hacker

Canadian national Cameron Albert Redman has been convicted in a U.S. federal court and ordered to pay $248,257.07 in restitution for his role in a high-profile hacking case. The conviction is from the Eastern District of Virginia and follows a long investigation by crypto researcher ZachXBT, an avid outscammer and cybercriminal caller-out online.

Redman was in June 2022 associated with a severe violation where there was unauthorized access to Twitter’s internal admin interface (commonly referred to as an “X panel”). He had sold access to this interface for 250 ETH (which amounts to hundreds of thousands of dollars during that time), and more than 10 prominent Twitter accounts were compromised.

Some of the victims included popular names such as Beeple, JRNY, Nouns DAO, Zeneca, and DeeKay, among many others. These accounts were thereafter utilized to promote phishing scams that deceived followers and stole millions in crypto assets. Redman is no stranger to cybercrime. He has also been credited with a SIM swap attack on investor Josh Jones in 2020, in which $37 million in crypto was stolen. Redman has operated under various aliases, such as Cream, 4K, Antihero, and Cam, in the past.

The U.S. court has ordered Cameron Redman to pay $248,257.07 to the victims. He must make the full payment within 14 days. If he goes to prison, he’s encouraged to join a program to help repay the money. The payment includes all assets, even those that have not yet been discovered. The U.S. government can collect it anytime, and some details of the case are still secret.