Jordanian National Pleads Guilty to Selling Access to 50 Company Networks

Feras Khalil Ahmad Albashiti, a 40-year-old Jordanian national, pleaded guilty to acting as an initial access broker for cyberattacks on at least 50 companies in the US. His crimes, carried out in 2023, involved selling unauthorized access to these networks to an undercover FBI agent in exchange for cryptocurrency. Albashiti exploited two commercial firewall products to gain access to the victim networks.