"Fraud is fun:" Wisconsin man charged with hacking thousands of sports betting accounts

A six-count criminal complaint has been unsealed against a Wisconsin man who was allegedly part of a plot to hack user accounts on a fantasy sports and betting website and sell access to the hacked accounts in order to steal from them. 

The man charged in the case, Joseph Garrison, 18, surrendered Thurssday in New York City, the United State's Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York said in a statement. Garrison has been charged with conspiracy to commit computer intrusions, unauthorized access to a protected computer, unauthorized access to a protected computer to further intended fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. 

According to the complaint, Garrison launched what's called a "credential stuffing attack" on the unnamed betting website. During such an attack, the hacker collects stolen usernames and passwords, typically obtained from large-scale data breaches. Those credentials are then systemically used to access accounts.