Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrests of Mr. Evan V. Koulikov, 22, Spring Valley, NY, on the charges of Computer Theft - Unlawful Access And Copying Of A Database, Computer Theft - Unlawful Access Of A Network or Database, “Doxing” By Posting Law Enforcement Officers’ Information on the Internet, Stalking, and Harassment; and Mr. Eric A. Williams, 24, of New City, NY, on a charge of “Doxing” By Posting Law Enforcement Officers’ Information on the Internet.
These arrests are the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Robert Anzilotti.
According to police, on May 2019, members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit received information about a pattern of Internet “doxings” and harassing telephone calls targeting public officials from northern New Jersey.
“Doxing”/“Doxxing” or “to Dox” refers to the Internet-based practice of researching and posting online the personal identifying information of another.
A typical dox may include a person’s full name, date of birth or social security number, home address, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, names of relatives, or private social media usernames.
In this investigation approximately 38 people, mostly police officers, were identified as the victims.
During a months-long investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit, it was determined that Koulikov unlawfully accessed a secure database of a New Jersey medical services company and unlawfully copied the personal identifying information (“PII”) of approximately 50 public employees.
The data was then used to accomplish the 38 online doxings.
The victims were selected, doxed, and targeted by Koulikov culminating in 33 harassing and/or antagonizing phone calls he subsequently made to many of these 38 victims.
The investigation also revealed that Koulikov enlisted the assistance of Williams to select victims for doxing.
The incident remains under investigation.