Andrew Komarov
Andrew (Andrei) Komarov is an engineer and a cybersecurity professional.[1][2]
Early life and career
Komarov worked in the private and public sectors where he investigated major data breaches and was involved in anti-terrorism cooperation with international law enforcement agencies. In 2014 he was recognized as one of the top threat intelligence researchers and added into "Reboot 25: Threat Seekers" list by SC Magazine.[3][4] As CEO of cyber intelligence firm IntelCrawler, Komarov released a detailed intelligence report confirming strong links between Syrian Electronic Army and operatives in Syria, Iran and Lebanon.[5][6][7][8] In 2016 the United States (US) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) added two alleged members of the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) computer hacker group to its cyber ‘most wanted’ (FBI News, 2016) list. In 2015, Intelcrawler was acquired by InfoArmor, and Komarov got appointed as a Chief Intelligence Officer. In 2016, InfoArmor has released a report about GovRAT malware targeting US Government and military employees and has identified Yahoo hack, which led to compromise of 3 billion users also known as the largest breach in the Internet history.[9][10][11][12][13]
References
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- ^ Burgess, Matt (2016-12-15). "Massive Yahoo database reportedly sold for £240,000 on the dark web". Wired UK. ISSN 1357-0978. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ Koziol, Michael (2017-01-17). "Malcolm Turnbull to launch cyber security probe after MPs affected by global Yahoo data breach". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2020-11-04.