Raidforums, a popular dataleak marketplace, was seized by the FBI this morning.
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The domain has been seized for months. The FBI was just using it as a honeypot to get users’ passwords and cookies, but it looks like they shut it down now.
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Registered in Lemesos, Cyprus via CloudFlare on March 19, 2015 (Updated February 25, 2022) - Whois raidforums.com
RaidForums Gets Raided, Alleged Admin Arrested – Krebs on Security
The forum reportedly sold access to more than 10 billion consumer records stolen in some of the world’s largest data breaches since 2015. Their administrator, 21-year old Diogo Santos Coelho from Portugal who went by the name “Omnipotent,” was arrested in Croydon, England for:
- Conspiracy to commit Access Device Fraud
- Access Device Fraud - Using or Trafficking in an Unauthorized Access Device
- Access Device Fraud - Possession of Fifteen or More Unauthorized Access Devices
- 2 charges of Access Device Fraud - Unauthorized Solicitation
- Aggravated Identity Theft
Associated Email Address - [email protected]
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Yep, the operator was arrested in January.
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i’m glad i kept my computer clean