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February 8, 2018

U.S. Arrests 13, Charges 36 in ‘Infraud’ Cybercrime Forum Bust

This post was originally published on this siteThe U.S. Justice Department announced charges on Wednesday against three dozen individuals thought to be key members of ‘Infraud,” a long-running cybercrime forum that federal prosecutors say cost consumers more than a half billion dollars. In conjunction with the forum takedown, 13 alleged Infraud members from the United States and six other countries were arrested. A screenshot of the Infraud forum, circa Oct. 2014. Like most other crime forums, it had special sections dedicated to vendors of virtually every kind of cybercriminal goods or services imaginable. Click to enlarge. Started in October 2010, […]
February 9, 2022

Russian Govt. Continues Carding Shop Crackdown

This post was originally published on this siteRussian authorities have arrested six men accused of operating some of the most active online bazaars for selling stolen payment card data. The crackdown — the second closure of major card fraud shops by Russian authorities in as many weeks — comes closely behind Russia’s arrest of 14 alleged affiliates of the REvil ransomware gang, and has many in the cybercrime underground asking who might be next. Dept. K’s message for Trump’s Dumps users. On Feb. 7 and 8, the domains for the carding shops Trump’s Dumps, Ferum Shop, Sky-Fraud and UAS were […]
May 4, 2023

$10M Is Yours If You Can Get This Guy to Leave Russia

This post was originally published on this siteThe U.S. government this week put a $10 million bounty on the head of a Russian man who for the past 18 years operated Try2Check, one of the cybercrime underground’s most trusted services for checking the validity of stolen credit card data. U.S. authorities say 43-year-old Denis Kulkov‘s card-checking service made him at least $18 million, which he used to buy a Ferrari, Land Rover, and other luxury items. Denis Kulkov, a.k.a. “Nordex,” in his Ferrari. Image: USDOJ. Launched in 2005, Try2Check soon was processing more than a million card-checking transactions per month […]