Location St Louis, Missouri, United States Regions Midwestern US Gender Male Also Known As Vinny Troia raid forums
"is a computer security professional, hacking forensic investigator, and cybersecurity author. He owns and operates Night Lion Security, a cybersecurity services firm, and earned a PhD in Information Security and Assurance from Capella University for research investigating the perceived effectiveness of the CyberSecurity Framework among
information security leaders. He is credited with the discovery of several major data breaches including Exactis and People Data Labs.
In 2017, Troia was appointed to the Hacker Advisory Board of MGT Capital Investments, a cybersecurity holdings company led by John McAfee.
Troia's recent work in cyber fraud investigations includes exposing the identities of hacking groups The Dark Overlord and ShinyHunters. These groups have been attributed to nearly 40% of all non-credit card-related data breaches between 2017 and 2020, essentially fueling an entire underground black-market of stolen user accounts.Troia's research details an underground supply chain where video game accounts from popular games like Fortnite and Roblox are among the most valuable and sought after, accounting for a significant portion of the 700+ million dollars in annual black-market revenue generated by these underground markets and data brokers."
