04-12-2022, 07:09 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-61082144
An online forum providing criminals with stolen personal data has been taken down, in a global operation which saw its founder arrested.
Found on the open web rather than the darknet, RaidForums hosted sensitive financial information and "served as a major online marketplace for hackers".
Its founder and chief administrator Diego Santos Coelho, 21, from Portugal, was arrested in the UK on 31 January.
The US Department for Justice said he remains in custody pending extradition.
Separately the National Crime Agency (NCA) reported police had arrested another suspected founder of the site - a 21 year-old from Croydon - at his home in March.
Glad to see this place has been shut down - although, I suspect it'll come as scant consolation to anyone who already knows their data has been stolen and distributed like this.
And unfortunately, I can see something else like it starting up soon. After all, this stolen data is worth an awful lot!
An online forum providing criminals with stolen personal data has been taken down, in a global operation which saw its founder arrested.
Found on the open web rather than the darknet, RaidForums hosted sensitive financial information and "served as a major online marketplace for hackers".
Its founder and chief administrator Diego Santos Coelho, 21, from Portugal, was arrested in the UK on 31 January.
The US Department for Justice said he remains in custody pending extradition.
Separately the National Crime Agency (NCA) reported police had arrested another suspected founder of the site - a 21 year-old from Croydon - at his home in March.
Glad to see this place has been shut down - although, I suspect it'll come as scant consolation to anyone who already knows their data has been stolen and distributed like this.
And unfortunately, I can see something else like it starting up soon. After all, this stolen data is worth an awful lot!
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