Ransomware Payment Crypto Laundering Platform Taken Out by FBI and Europol
Domain of dark web money laundering platform AudiA6 seized and suspects arrested in joint operation by the FBI, Europol and others
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Domain of dark web money laundering platform AudiA6 seized and suspects arrested in joint operation by the FBI, Europol and others
The dark web forum administrator confirmed the takedown and said they had “no plans to rebuild”
Cybercrime solved. The end Ransomware crims have just lost one of their best business platforms. US law enforcement has seized the notorious RAMP cybercrime forum's dark web and clearnet domains.…
Government and police employee credentials sold at bargain-basement prices on underground forums Criminals are selling access to FBI and other law enforcement and government email accounts to other criminals via dark web marketplaces for as little as $40.…
FBI Tracking Alleged Fraudsters Using Evidence Seized From Shuttered Genesis MarketAn FBI probe into shuttered cybercrime site Genesis Market has led to the indictment of Terrance Ciszek, a now-suspended police detective in Buffalo, New York, who's been accused of buying stolen payment card data and recording a video showing fraudsters how to use it anonymously.
Two men have been indicted in the U.S. for their alleged involvement in managing a dark web marketplace called WWH Club that specializes in the sale of sensitive personal and financial information
The online criminal bazaar BreachForums has been resurrected merely two weeks after a U.S.-led coordinated law enforcement action dismantled and seized control of its infrastructure
Website of BreachForums Administrator 'Baphomet' Also Appears to Be DownAn international law enforcement operation shut down BreachForums, a criminal forum where hackers posted and sold the contents of hacked databases. The website of the criminal forum in its clear and dark web domains displays a seizure notice stating that it is "under the control of the FBI."
After Operation Cronos, LockBit Leader LockBitSupp's Vows to Continue HackingRussian-speaking ransomware operation LockBit reestablished a dark web leak site Saturday afternoon, posting a lengthy screed apparently authored by its leader, who vowed not to retreat from the criminal underground world. The FBI had no comment.
LockBit Leader Vows to Continue HackingRussian-speaking ransomware operation LockBit reestablished a dark web leak site Saturday afternoon, posting a lengthy screed apparently authored by its leader, who vowed not to retreat from the criminal underground world. The FBI had no comment.
Dark Web chatter indicates that Scattered Spider worked with the FBI to take down the BlackCat/ALPHV operation.
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) disclosed today that it infiltrated the world's second most prolific ransomware gang, a Russia-based criminal group known as ALPHV and BlackCat. The FBI said it seized the gang's darknet website, and released a decryption tool that hundreds of victim companies can use to recover systems. Meanwhile, BlackCat responded by briefly "unseizing" its darknet site with a message promising 90 percent commissions for affiliates who continue to work with the crime group, and open season on everything from hospitals to nuclear power plants.
On April 5, 2023, the FBI and Dutch National Police announced the takedown of Genesis Market, one of the largest dark web marketplaces. The operation, dubbed "Operation Cookie Monster," resulted in the arrest of 119 people and the seizure of over $1M in cryptocurrency. You can read the FBI's warrant here for details specific to this case. In light of these events, I'd like to discuss how OSINT
The homepage of a widely used Dark Web forum for stolen cookies and other compromised data has been replaced by a seizure notice by the US federal law enforcement agency.
Today, the Hive ransomware Tor payment and data leak sites were seized as part of an international law enforcement operation involving the US Department of Justice, FBI, Secret Service, Europol, and Germany's BKA and Polizei. [...]
Credentials from several US-based universities and colleges have been spotted by the FBI in Russian cyber-criminal forums
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says it has disrupted a giant botnet built and operated by a Russian government intelligence unit known for launching destructive cyberattacks against energy infrastructure in the United States and Ukraine. Separately, law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and Germany moved to decapitate "Hydra," a billion-dollar Russian darknet drug bazaar that also helped to launder the profits of multiple Russian ransomware groups.