- German police and international partners complete the talents of operation
- The operation saw two forums seized, two people arrested and a lot of confiscated money
- Craked and Now would have been the places of choice to facilitate cybercrime
An international operation to apply the law, led by the German authorities and involving Europol, the FBI, and many other European national police forces, has led to the withdrawal of two major hacking forums, multiple arrests and the seizure of Money and cryptocurrency.
A press release from Europol described how “Talent Operation” took place between January 28 and 30 and resulted in two arrests, seven properties sought, 17 servers and more than 50 electronic devices seized and some 300,000 euros and crypto -Mathered.
The biggest news, however, is the withdrawal of two main hacking forums: cracked and zero, which, according to Europol, between them had more than 10 million users.
Talent of the operation
“These two underground economic forums offered a rapid entry point into the cybercrime scene,” Europol said in the press release. “These sites worked as a single window stores and were used not only for discussions on cybercrime, but also as markets for illegal goods and cybercrime as a service, such as stolen data, malicious software or hacking tools. Investigators estimate that the suspects have gained 1 million euros in criminal profits. »»
In the withdrawal process, law enforcement officers seized 12 domains and eliminated the Sellix financial processor and a accommodation supplier called StartDP.
Besides Europol and the FBI, The Operation included the Australian Federal Police, France’s Anti -Cybercrime Office, Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (Which Led The Entire Operation), Prosecutor General’s Office Frankfurt Am Main – Cyber Crime Center, Greece’s Hellenic Police, Italy’s police, the Romania General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police, the Spanish National Police and the United States Ministry of Justice.
It is not the first forum of Pirum the police. Breachforums, probably the largest place of the genre, was closed in April 2023, following the arrest of its administrator, Conor Brian Fitzpatrick. In its place, a violation has been formed and is today the essential place for everything related to cybercrime.
