Guilty Pleas in Hacking Case: Two Men Admit to Breaching Federal Database for Extortion Scheme

Two men have pled guilty to breaching a federal law enforcement database and
exfiltrating personal details to use in an extortion scheme.

20-year-old Sagar Steven Singh and 26-year-old Nicholas Ceraolo, members of the
“ViLE” hacking group, stole sensitive personal information from the compromised
database and used it to blackmail their victims, threatening to disclose the
data unless paid, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said.

Both Perpetrators Pleaded Guilty
Singh, who used the monikers