EXPOSED: The Serial Doxxer Who Ended Up in Prison for Murder

Mir Islam built his reputation exposing the personal information of celebrities, politicians, and federal agents. He swatted congressmen, doxxed the First Lady, and terrorized anyone who crossed him. Now the man who ran "Exposed.su" sits in a Philippine prison cell—not for his cybercrimes, but for allegedly helping dump a woman's body in a river.

Subject Profile

Real Name	Mir Islam
Aliases	JoshTheGod, Josh The God
Location	Brooklyn, New York (formerly); Manila, Philippines (current—incarcerated)
Affiliation	UGNazi (Underground Nazi Hacktivist Group), Carders.org
Known For	Serial doxxing, swatting attacks, credit card fraud, Exposed.su website
Criminal Record	Multiple federal convictions; currently imprisoned in the Philippines on murder charges
Victims	50+ celebrities and government officials doxxed; 20+ swatting incidents

The Rise of UGNazi

Mir Islam emerged in 2012 as a core member of UGNazi (Underground Nazi Hacktivist Group), a hacker collective that claimed responsibility for attacking high-profile websites and orchestrating harassment campaigns. Despite its provocative name, the group positioned itself as "internet activists" opposing censorship legislation.

Islam operated under the handle "JoshTheGod" and quickly established himself as one of the group's most prolific members. He also founded Carders.org, an underground forum dedicated to credit card fraud, where stolen financial data was bought and sold.

The First Arrest: Operation Card Shop (2012)

On June 26, 2012, the FBI executed Operation Card Shop, a sting operation targeting credit card fraud networks. Islam was among 24 hackers arrested nationwide. Investigators discovered he possessed information for over 50,000 stolen credit cards.

During this period, Islam made headlines for releasing the personal information of UFC President Dana White in retaliation for the promotion's support of anti-piracy legislation SOPA and PIPA.

Exposed.su: The Doxxing Empire

Following his initial arrest, Islam and fellow UGNazi member Eric "CosmoTheGod" Taylor launched Exposed.su—a website dedicated to publishing the personal information of celebrities and government officials. The site became ground zero for high-profile doxxing attacks.

Notable Doxxing Victims

Exposed.su published detailed personal records—including Social Security numbers, home addresses, credit reports, and phone numbers—for at least 50 public figures:

Government Officials

Michelle Obama – Former First Lady
Hillary Clinton – Former Secretary of State
Joe Biden – Then-Vice President
Eric Holder – U.S. Attorney General
Robert Mueller – Former FBI Director
John Brennan – CIA Director
Donald Trump – Business mogul (pre-presidency)

Celebrities

Beyoncé and Jay-Z
Kim Kardashian
Ashton Kutcher
Paris Hilton
Britney Spears
Mel Gibson

"Islam and his co-conspirators posted the personal information of at least 50 celebrities and state and federal officials on different websites sharing the domain name 'Exposed.'"
— U.S. Department of Justice

The Swatting Campaign

Doxxing was only part of Islam's operation. The group weaponized the information they gathered by "swatting" their victims—making false emergency reports to dispatch armed police units to targets' homes.

Confirmed Swatting Victims

Islam personally participated in or orchestrated swatting attacks against at least 20 individuals:

Mike Rogers – Former Congressman from Michigan (targeted for sponsoring federal legislation)
Wayne LaPierre – NRA Executive Vice President
Stephen P. Heymann – Assistant U.S. Attorney (targeted in retaliation for prosecuting hackers)
Brian Krebs – Cybersecurity journalist at KrebsOnSecurity
Wolf Blitzer – CNN anchor
Multiple state legislators (targeted for proposing anti-swatting laws)

The swatting attacks weren't random—they were targeted retaliation. Prosecutors noted that victims were selected specifically because of their public positions: legislators who proposed cybercrime laws, prosecutors who charged hackers, and journalists who reported on hacking groups.

Federal Prosecution and Sentencing

In 2016, Islam pleaded guilty to multiple federal charges including:

Cyberstalking
Making false bomb threats
Swatting (filing false emergency reports)
Identity theft and credit card fraud

The Sentence

Despite the extensive victim list and the danger posed by his swatting attacks, Islam received a 24-month federal prison sentence. However, having been held in federal detention since July 2015, he effectively served approximately 12 months of actual incarceration.

At sentencing, Islam's defense attorney argued his client suffered from "multiple psychological disorders" and that the crimes were motivated by "anarchic libertarianism."

The light sentence drew criticism from cybersecurity experts and victims who argued it failed to account for the genuine danger swatting poses—armed tactical units responding to fabricated hostage situations have resulted in deaths in other cases.

Flight and the Philippines

Upon release, Islam was subject to supervised release conditions prohibiting international travel. Within two months of leaving prison, he violated those terms and fled the United States.

The Identity Swap

Islam evaded immigration controls through a scheme befitting his hacker background: he assumed the identity of his younger brother, who is also named Mir Islam, and used that brother's Bangladeshi passport to leave the country undetected.

He settled in the Philippines, reconnecting with fellow UGNazi member Troy Woody Jr. (alias "Osama the God"), who had escaped prosecution for his role in UGNazi due to being a minor at the time of the group's activities.

Murder in Manila

On December 24, 2018, Manila police arrested Mir Islam and Troy Woody Jr. on murder charges.

The Victim: Tomi Masters

Tomi Michelle Masters, 23, was an American woman from Indiana who had moved to Los Angeles seeking a new life. She began dating Woody, a self-styled Bitcoin trader and social media personality, approximately six months before her death.

The Crime

According to Philippine authorities:

Islam and Woody booked a taxi through the Grab rideshare app from Woody's rented condo in Mandaluyong City
When the driver arrived, the men loaded a large cardboard box into the trunk
They requested to be taken to a mall, but mid-route asked the driver to stop at the Pasig River
The men removed the box and dumped it near the water
The suspicious driver alerted police

Investigators recovered the box from the river. Inside was Tomi Masters' body, bound with duct tape, covered in scratches. The cause of death was determined to be suffocation.

The Trial

Both Islam and Woody pleaded not guilty to murder charges in a Manila regional trial court. A witness—the rideshare driver—positively identified both men as having dumped the box containing Masters' remains.

Under Philippine law, murder carries a minimum sentence of 20 years and a maximum of life imprisonment.

As of the latest available reports, Mir Islam remains incarcerated in the Philippines awaiting the conclusion of his murder trial.

The Irony of Exposure

Mir Islam built his criminal career on exposure—revealing others' secrets, publishing their addresses, weaponizing their personal information. He operated with apparent impunity, believing the anonymity of the internet would protect him.

In the end, Islam was undone not by sophisticated law enforcement cyber-operations, but by a rideshare driver who found his passengers' behavior suspicious enough to call the police.

The man who doxxed the First Lady, the FBI Director, and dozens of celebrities now sits in a foreign prison, his own identity fully exposed, facing decades behind bars for a crime that had nothing to do with computers.

EXPOSED: Mir Islam (JoshTheGod) – The Serial Doxxer Who Exposed Celebrities, Got Caught, and Ended Up in a Philippine Prison for Murder