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Authorities shut down illegal online marketplace xDedic
Source: ABC News
Authorities shut down illegal online marketplace xDedic
By AARON KATERSKY Jan 28, 2019, 3:30 PM ET
Authorities in the U.S. and Belgium announced Monday they have shut down an illegal online marketplace used to sell personal information stolen in cyber-attacks.
Compromised credit card numbers, computer credentials and other sensitive data would sometimes end up for sale on xDedic, a website that concealed the locations of its servers and the identities of its operators and customers.
Federal prosecutors in Tampa, Florida, blamed xDedic for $68 million in fraud by selling personal information stolen from a number of different victims.
“The victims span the globe and all industries, including local, state, and federal government infrastructure, hospitals, 911 and emergency services, call centers, major metropolitan transit authorities, accounting and law firms, pension funds, and universities,” said the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Middle District of Florida.
The FBI and IRS were part of an international operation to dismantle xDedic’s computer infrastructure. American agents worked with authorities from Belgium, Europol and Ukraine when they raided nine locations in Ukraine last week, according to the federal prosecutor’s office in Belgium.
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By AARON KATERSKY Jan 28, 2019, 3:30 PM ET
Authorities in the U.S. and Belgium announced Monday they have shut down an illegal online marketplace used to sell personal information stolen in cyber-attacks.
Compromised credit card numbers, computer credentials and other sensitive data would sometimes end up for sale on xDedic, a website that concealed the locations of its servers and the identities of its operators and customers.
Federal prosecutors in Tampa, Florida, blamed xDedic for $68 million in fraud by selling personal information stolen from a number of different victims.
“The victims span the globe and all industries, including local, state, and federal government infrastructure, hospitals, 911 and emergency services, call centers, major metropolitan transit authorities, accounting and law firms, pension funds, and universities,” said the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Middle District of Florida.
The FBI and IRS were part of an international operation to dismantle xDedic’s computer infrastructure. American agents worked with authorities from Belgium, Europol and Ukraine when they raided nine locations in Ukraine last week, according to the federal prosecutor’s office in Belgium.
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Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/authorities-shut-illegal-online-marketplace-xdedic/story?id=60682672
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Source: U.S. Attorney's Office - Middle District of Florida
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, January 28, 2019
The xDedic Marketplace, A Website Involved In The Illicit Sale Of Compromised Computer Credentials And Personally Identifiable Information, Shut Down
Tampa, Florida - U.S. Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez, along with Special Agent in Charge Eric Sporre, FBI-Tampa Division, and Special Agent in Charge Mary Hammond, IRS-Criminal Investigation, today announced the seizure of the xDedic Marketplace, a website that operated for years and was used to sell access to compromised computers worldwide and to personally identifiable information of U.S. residents. The xDedic administrators strategically maintained servers all over the world to facilitate the operation of the website.
The international operation to dismantle and seize this infrastructure is the result of close cooperation with law enforcement authorities in Belgium and Ukraine, as well as the European law enforcement agency Europol. On January 24, 2019, seizure orders were executed against the domain names of the xDedic Marketplace, effectively ceasing the website’s operation.
The xDedic Marketplace operated across a widely distributed network and utilized bitcoin in order to hide the locations of its underlying servers and the identities of its administrators, buyers, and sellers. Buyers could search for compromised computer credentials on xDedic by desired criteria, such as price, geographic location, and operating system. Based on evidence obtained during the investigation, authorities believe the website facilitated more than $68 million in fraud. The victims span the globe and all industries, including local, state, and federal government infrastructure, hospitals, 911 and emergency services, call centers, major metropolitan transit authorities, accounting and law firms, pension funds, and universities.
The U.S. investigation was led by the FBI and IRS-CI, with assistance from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Substantial assistance was provided by the Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs and the Criminal Division’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section.
The joint Belgian-Ukrainian investigation was led by the Federal Prosecutor’s Office and the Federal Computer Crime Unit of Belgium, and the National Police and the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine, with significant support by Europol.
Additionally, the German Bundeskriminalamt provided assistance in the operation to seize xDedic’s infrastructure.
Monday, January 28, 2019
The xDedic Marketplace, A Website Involved In The Illicit Sale Of Compromised Computer Credentials And Personally Identifiable Information, Shut Down
Tampa, Florida - U.S. Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez, along with Special Agent in Charge Eric Sporre, FBI-Tampa Division, and Special Agent in Charge Mary Hammond, IRS-Criminal Investigation, today announced the seizure of the xDedic Marketplace, a website that operated for years and was used to sell access to compromised computers worldwide and to personally identifiable information of U.S. residents. The xDedic administrators strategically maintained servers all over the world to facilitate the operation of the website.
The international operation to dismantle and seize this infrastructure is the result of close cooperation with law enforcement authorities in Belgium and Ukraine, as well as the European law enforcement agency Europol. On January 24, 2019, seizure orders were executed against the domain names of the xDedic Marketplace, effectively ceasing the website’s operation.
The xDedic Marketplace operated across a widely distributed network and utilized bitcoin in order to hide the locations of its underlying servers and the identities of its administrators, buyers, and sellers. Buyers could search for compromised computer credentials on xDedic by desired criteria, such as price, geographic location, and operating system. Based on evidence obtained during the investigation, authorities believe the website facilitated more than $68 million in fraud. The victims span the globe and all industries, including local, state, and federal government infrastructure, hospitals, 911 and emergency services, call centers, major metropolitan transit authorities, accounting and law firms, pension funds, and universities.
The U.S. investigation was led by the FBI and IRS-CI, with assistance from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Substantial assistance was provided by the Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs and the Criminal Division’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section.
The joint Belgian-Ukrainian investigation was led by the Federal Prosecutor’s Office and the Federal Computer Crime Unit of Belgium, and the National Police and the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine, with significant support by Europol.
Additionally, the German Bundeskriminalamt provided assistance in the operation to seize xDedic’s infrastructure.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/xdedic-marketplace-website-involved-illicit-sale-compromised-computer-credentials-and
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