Grant West got hold of personal data of 165,000 Just Eat users over five months A cyber criminal yesterday admitted touting the personal details of 165,000 Just Eat customers for sale on the dark web for use in a ‘phishing’ scam. Grant West, 25, who lived in a caravan in Minster-on-Sea, Kent, used usernames and passwords stolen from third parties to access customer accounts.  The scam over a five-month period between July and December 2015 left Just Eat with a bill of around £210,000 in mitigation costs.  Similar attacks were launched against firms including Sainsbury’s, Groupon, Uber, T-Mobile and Argos between August and September this year – after West was bailed. West tried to get customers’ ‘Fullz’ – typically made up of names, addresses, email addresses, passwords and credit card CVV numbers – which could then be sold.  He pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court to conspiracy to defraud Just Eat and its customers along with a string of other charges related to his dark web shop. Grant West obtained personal data of 165,000 users of Just Eat (file image) over five months A hacking charge states West launched ‘brute force’ attacks against 17 different websites using specialist software in a bid to obtain personal information. Companies attacked included Asda, bookmakers Ladbrokes and Coral.

By susannep40 | November 8, 2021 |

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