The following is a Google machine translation of an article by TecMundo:
The top cybersecurity news story in the United States in August involved the leak of 2.7 billion Social Security numbers , similar to social security numbers. The cybercriminal group that claimed responsibility for the attack is USDoD , which is also known for hacking into companies around the world. Now, an investigation has identified the possible leader of the group: his name is Luan and he is believed to be Brazilian .
A detailed report from CrowdStrike received by TecMundo via an anonymous source reveals that the likely leader of the USDoD group is a 33-year-old man named Luan BG who lives in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
All information related to the cybercriminal has already been handed over to the authorities. Among them, it was possible to identify tax registration, email addresses, registered domains, IP addresses, social media accounts, telephone number and city . More precise information was not revealed to TecMundo so as not to completely expose the attacker’s identity.
Read more at TecMundo.
From pictures and other information, it appears that USDoD has been identified. At the time DataBreaches interviewed him in September 2023, USDoD claimed to be living in Spain, but that was for OpSec/disinformation. In an exclusive interaction with HackRead, USDoD has admitted to being doxxed correctly as Luan and to being in Brazil. He also indicated he would be coming to law enforcement soon.
The online picture of Luan from an Instagram account cited by researchers depicts the same individual DataBreaches knows and has chatted with as USDoD.
Note: Reading the TecMundo article, which relies heavily on a CrowdStrike report, it seems at least some people are still viewing USDoD as a group. DataBreaches refers to him as one individual who occasionally works with others but is mostly a solo act.