Togijak Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 did you see this MAC address? Wanted: Connected or disconnected. The police Brandenburg searches for a MAC address. Apparently LKA investigators have found out the MAC address of the DHL blackmailer. On Twitter [2], the Brandenburg police has now called operators of public wireless networks and residents of Berlin and Brandenburg to check in their routers, whether a device has registered with this address. The MAC address can be used to uniquely identify a device, such as a computer or a smartphone. The perpetrator has probably logged into several public wireless networks, where the investigators came to him on the track. In a message from the police [3] you will find more details on the "cyber-search by MAC address". Whether the action is successful remains to be seen. In addition, you can change MAC addresses with specific software - there are in the MAC addresses in addition to the world-unique Universally Administered Addresses [4] (UAA) also known as Locally Administered Addresses (LAA), for example, admins in the local Network to simplify administration. Since MAC addresses are not routed, this is usually not a problem as they are not visible outside the local area network. But if someone clones the MAC address you are looking for, it could mislead the police. Google translation of https://www.heise.de/security/meldung/l-f-Haben-Sie-diese-MAC-Adresse-gesehen-4269587.html police reports f8: e0: 79: af: 57: eb - cyber manhunt for MAC address Investigators of the LKA announce the presumptive MAC address of the DHL blackmailer date 08/01/2019 Potsdam. f8: e0: 79: af: 57: eb - These signs could help to gain important information on since December 2017 sought blackmailer of a German parcel services provider. This combination of numbers and numbers is a so-called MAC address (Media Access Control) address. This is a unique physical address of an electronic device on a network interface. Using this address each unit is exactly identified. There are no two technical devices have the same MAC address. In the period from November 2017 to April 2018 a previously unknown suspect had sent several so-called unconventional explosive devices (IEDs) in packets to different addressees in Brandenburg and Berlin. The investigation on suspicion of causing an explosion and heavy extortion leading the state police Brandenburg in SOKO "cross". The investigators succeeded in the communication of the alleged offender via email on 6 April 2018 13 April 2018 and 14 April 2018, a terminal of the Motorola brand with the MAC address f8: e0: 79: af: 57: eb due. In all cases, the unknown person used at different times several public Wi-Fi networks in Berlin. therefore the LKA Brandenburg asks providers to consider publicly available wireless networks whether the MAC address f8: e0: 79: af: 57: eb has dialed into this router. Also private households can operate unknowingly or knowingly open networks. The alleged perpetrator could have used this as a great communicator. As you can read such data of an exemplary selected router, please refer to the attached Appendix. The LKA has the following questions: Has the device with the MAC address f8: e0: 79: af: 57: eb logged into your router? Who can other evidence related to the MAC address f8: e0: 79: af: 57: eb give? Please forward this information like directly to the investigators of SOKO cross by e-mail: [email protected] or contact any other police station. To find in your router's MAC address f8: e0: 79: af: 57: eb open web browser Configure the router open (address and password are located on the rear panel, in the manual, or you have set your own password when setting up the router) enter login information be under system settings or view the events in the log file depending on the router menu If the MAC address f8: e0: 79: af: 57: eb is listed there, please contact us by e-mail to [email protected]. Please enter the e-mail to her name and a callback number. Google translation of https://polizei.brandenburg.de/pressemeldung/f8-e0-79-af-57-eb-cyber-fahndung-nach-ma/1310909 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 German Police Seek Help In Finding Parcel Bomber With MAC Address German police are seeking your help in gathering information related to a MAC address that could lead to the cell phone device used by a DHL blackmailer who last year parceled out bombs at different addresses in Brandenburg and Berlin. Between November 2017 and April 2018, someone used German parcel delivery service DHL to sent out several so-called improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in packets, demanding €10 million worth of bitcoins from the parcel service. In one event, a parcel containing nails, screws, and fireworks explosive powder was received by a pharmacy adjacent to the German Christmas market during 2017 Christmas, which eventually caused the evacuation of the market. German police later discovered a message inside that package in which the blackmailer threatened to send more parcels in the pre-Christmas season unless DHL made a 10 million euro payment in Bitcoin. During the investigation, the German police successfully communicated with the alleged blackmailer multiple times via an email and succeeded in capturing his/her Motorola brand device's MAC address f8:e0:79:af:57:eb, which was allegedly connected to several public Wi-Fi networks in Berlin at different times. Since every electronic device comes with a unique MAC address, German police are trying to use this information to map out all Wi-Fi networks that the culprit used, probably in hope to pinpoint the right CCTV footages and trace the offender. Though MAC address of a device can be spoofed easily, State Criminal Police Office LKA Brandenburg has requested citizens to check their wireless routers and network logs for the given MAC address and provide relevant information to the agency via email to [email protected]. "Private households can also unknowingly or knowingly operate open networks. The alleged perpetrator could also have used this for his communication," the Police say. To search for this MAC address, open your router’s configuration panel in the web browser (usually at http://192.168.1.1) and then, depending upon the router, open the log file section and search for f8:e0:79:af:57:eb on the page. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arachnoid Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Quote The MAC address can be used to uniquely identify a device, Nope the mac addreess can be changed in some devices and even if the alleged perp has a fixed mac its likely they changed devices several times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Togijak Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 If he is so caught it is not the superior ability of the cops but the stupidity of the criminal to use a smartphone. In Germany, there is a data retention = finding the smartphone will not take too long. In the case of "Hackers Leak Personal Data from Hundreds of German Politicians on Twitter" it was the boastfulness (stupidity) that led to the Federal Criminal Police Office arresting him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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