According to EUROPOL, one of the organizations involved in the business, the international coalition of the law enforcement has defeated two hacking forums with more than 10 million users.
On Thursday, Bundes Criminaram (BKA), a Europain and German police, has cracked and announced a null seizure. According to a machine translation of BKA's press release, BKA calls them “the world's largest trading platform for cyber crimes on the Internet.”
Confirmation of the operation is that cyber security experts are broken, and the other two sites called Sellix and Starkrdp have been seized by redirecting the domain name It is broken by the FBI server. It happens the day after you notice that it looks like. The four sites later displayed a banner called “Operation Talent” to announce the law execution measures.
“These sites functioned as one -stop shops and were used not only as a discussion on cyber crimes, but also as illegal products and cyber crimes, such as stolen data, malware, and hacking tools.”
The announcement announced on Wednesday at the official Telegram Channel of Cracked stated that the site was “private reasons.”
According to EUROPOL, this operation was conducted between Tuesday and Thursday, two arrests, seven properties were searched, 17 servers, 50 electronic devices, 300,000 euros ($ 313,000) cash and cryptocurrency. He said that seized had occurred.
According to the BKA, the union of the law enforcement has seized 12 accounts and domains in 10 countries. It was also identified that 12 people were involved in the operation of the cyber criminal platform. Two citizens in Germany, one living in Germany, and one living in Spain. And the other two face the prosecution by us, Spain and the Greek authorities. The agency stated that the seized forum has obtained an email address, IP address, and communication history.
In the video issued by EUROPOL, Policia Nacional (National Police) and GUARDIA Civil entered the building, arrested three people, searched for apartments, searched for apartments, and sat in front of a computer that displayed the flag of seizures. It indicates that you are.
The Operations, led by the German authorities, were involved in Australia, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Spain, and FBI in the United States.
The Australian Federal Police said by e -mail that “update is provided at the right time.” None of the other related organizations did not respond to the request for comments on TechCrunch.
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Operation's talent is the latest salvation for long -term legislation for the cyber criminal forum, including the infamous violation forum, which was first seized in 2023 and seized again in 2024. -Four alleged suspects have been arrested, targeting some hacking services and malware makers. At that time, EUROPOL also identified eight fugitives, which are said to be involved in the scheme.