Europol, FBI wipe major cybercrime forum LeakBase off the web
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An international law enforcement operation led by the FBI and Europol has taken down LeakBase, a major cybercrime forum with over 142,000 members, seizing user data and tools used for hacking and data theft.
Source: Cointelegraph
An international law enforcement operation involving the FBI, Europol and other agencies has taken down one of the internet’s most notorious cybercrime forums, LeakBase. The forum was a place for hackers to buy and sell stolen data and cybercrime tools, amassing more than 142,000 members and over 215,000 messages. “The FBI, Europol, and law enforcement agencies from around the world executed a takedown of LeakBase, one of the largest online cybercriminal platforms, seizing users’ accounts, posts, credit details, private messages, and IP logs for evidentiary purposes,” the FBI cyber division assistant director Brett Leatherman said in a statement Mar. 4. This is the latest takedown targeting sites which are increasingly used to break into people’s accounts and steal data and cryptocurrency. Full Story