{{short description|Doxed personal information hosting website}} {{Infobox website | name = Exposed.su | screenshot = | caption = Expose.se [[home page]] in 2013 | url = {{URL|http://exposed.su}} | current_status = Down | type = [[Doxing|Dox hoster]] }} '''Exposed.su''' was a website run by [[Cyberwarfare_by_Russia|Russian hackers]] focused on the [[Doxing|listing of personal information of celebrities]], and other high-profile figures.<ref name="gawker13">{{cite news |last1=Berman |first1=Taylor|work=[[Gawker]] |title=Obama, Clinton, Biden, Jay-Z Doxxed: 'Hackers' Snag Financial Records, Socials, Credit Reports |url=http://gawker.com/5990063/obama-clinton-biden-jay-z-doxxed-hackers-snag-financial-records-socials-credit-reports |accessdate=12 October 2021 |date=12 March 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922222224/https://gawker.com/5990063/obama-clinton-biden-jay-z-doxxed-hackers-snag-financial-records-socials-credit-reports |archive-date=22 September 2020 }}</ref> Among the high-profile victims include [[Michelle Obama]], [[Donald Trump]], [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], [[Kim Kardashian]], [[Joe Biden]], [[Hillary Clinton]], [[Beyonce]] and [[Robert Mueller]]. The "doxed" documents, which are hosted on the website, include [[Social Security number]]s, [[Credit history|credit histories]], [[Loan|loan documents]] and [[Mortgage_loan|mortgage information]] of the individuals.<ref name="gawker13" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/03/id-thieves-dox-vice-president-jay-z-michelle-obama-and-dozens-more/|title=ID thieves "dox" Joe Biden, Jay-Z, Michelle Obama, and dozens more|date=12 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214223122/https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/03/id-thieves-dox-vice-president-jay-z-michelle-obama-and-dozens-more/|archive-date=14 December 2020|work=[[Ars Technica]]|access-date=12 October 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2013/03/11/supposed-hacking-of-joe-biden-hillary-clintons-personal-information-looks-more-like-a-hoax|work=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|date=11 March 2013|title=Supposed Hacking of Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton's Personal Information Looks More Like a Hoax|access-date=12 October 2021|first=Elizabeth|last=Flock|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151129192249/http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2013/03/11/supposed-hacking-of-joe-biden-hillary-clintons-personal-information-looks-more-like-a-hoax|archive-date=29 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="bbc16">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36804242|work=[[BBC]]|title=Hacker gets two years in jail for celebrity 'swatting'|date=15 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307093603/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36804242|archive-date=7 March 2021|url-status=live|access-date=12 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/social-security-numbers-of-government-and-celebs-leaked-2013-3|work=[[Business Insider]]|first=Michael B|last=Kelley|date=11 March 2013|title=Hacker leaks sensitive information of top government officials and celebrities|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112030538/https://www.businessinsider.com/social-security-numbers-of-government-and-celebs-leaked-2013-3?r=US&IR=T|archive-date=12 November 2020|access-date=12 October 2021}}</ref>
The credit history information appears to have been obtained through the [[Hacker (computer security)|hacking]] of 3 US credit history databases, [[Equifax]], [[Experian]] and [[TransUnion]], by the hacker ''CosmoTheGod''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Adams Otis|first1=Ginger|title=Hackers shut down celebrity site that revealed financial account details of Jay-Z, Beyonce, Ashton Kutcher and more|work=[[New York Daily News]]|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/hackers-cash-find-laughs-celebrity-accounts-article-1.1290945|access-date=12 October 2021|date=16 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202042706/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/hackers-cash-find-laughs-celebrity-accounts-article-1.1290945|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="wash13">{{cite news |work=[[The Washington Times]]|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/15/eric-taylor-teenage-hacker-awaits-sentencing-after/|title=Eric Taylor, teenage hacker, sentenced after targeting Trump, Obama in 2013|access-date=12 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914081105/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/15/eric-taylor-teenage-hacker-awaits-sentencing-after/|archive-date=14 September 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>
In April 2013 [[Brian Krebs]] linked his [[swatting]] incident to the coverage of this site.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Krebs|first1=Brian|title=SWATting Incidents Tied to ID Theft Sites?|url=http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/04/swatting-incidents-tied-to-id-theft-sites/#more-19738|access-date=31 August 2015|date=17 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Krebs|first1=Brian|title=Credit Reports Sold for Cheap in the Underweb|url=http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/03/credit-reports-sold-for-cheap-in-the-underweb/|accessdate=31 August 2015|date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
In 2017, a teenager named Eric Taylor, also known by his [[Online_identity|hacker handle]] ''CosmoTheGod'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/27/eric-taylor-aka-cosmo-the-god-on-cyber.html|work=[[CNBC]]|access-date=7 January 2022|title=A formal hacker revels what he's learned about cybersecurity|first1=Jennifer|last1=Schlesinger|first2=Andrea|last2=Day|archive-date=21 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121181144/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/27/eric-taylor-aka-cosmo-the-god-on-cyber.html|url-status=live}}</ref> was sentenced to 36 months by [[United States District Court for the District of Columbia]] on charges of [[cybercrime]] with regards to a conspiracy that resulted in the disclosure of personal information of Trump, [[John Brennan (CIA officer)|John Brennan]], Obama, among others on the website.<ref name="wash13" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/25/ex-hacker-eric-taylor-is-working-to-help-manage-data-centers/|work=[[TechCrunch]]|access-date=12 October 2021|date=25 January 2018|first=John|last=Biggs|title=Ex-hacker Eric Tylor is working to help manage data centers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116180328/https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/25/ex-hacker-eric-taylor-is-working-to-help-manage-data-centers/|archive-date=16 January 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> Previously in 2016, a New Yorker named Mir Islam was also arrested by the [[Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation|federal agents]] for posting CIA director John Brennan's confidential information to Exposed.su and "[[swatting]]" 50 people including Michelle Obama and [[Robert Mueller]].<ref name="bbc16" />
The site was shut down in March 2013 before jumping to other domains<ref>{{cite news|last1=J. Schwartz|first1=Mathew|title=Exposed Website Reboots, Reveals Celeb Credit Reports|url=http://www.darkreading.com/risk-management/exposed-website-reboots-reveals-celeb-credit-reports/d/d-id/1109386?|accessdate=31 August 2015|date=4 April 2013}}</ref> and has since been [[Mirror_site|mirrored]] on a [[Tor_(network)#Onion_services|Tor hidden service]].
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[[Category:Defunct Tor hidden services]] [[Category:Dark web]] [[Category:2010s in hacking]] [[Category:Internet privacy]] [[Category:Celebrity]]