THELOGICALINDIAN - The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has shut bottomward a Russiabased website that hosted online shops affianced in the auction of actionable appurtenances and casework and accustomed crypto payments
FBI Seizes DEER.IO, Arrests Admin
Last Tuesday, the US Department of Amends said that the FBI has managed to booty bottomward DEER.IO, an online belvedere that hosted hundreds of shops affairs cybercrime articles and casework like afraid accounts and data.
Previously, the media found out that the FBI had arrested the belvedere abettor Kirill Victorovich Firsov on March 7, at the John F. Kennedy Airport, in New York.
Now the armpit displays the FBI notification that informs about its seizure.
DEER.IO has been about back at atomic the end of 2024. At the time of seizure, it hosted added than 24,000 shops with absolute sales extensive about $17 million. The access adjustment was issued by the Southern District of California Court.
Hackers accept been a austere botheration for the crypto community, and abounding of them accept apparently acclimated baseborn abstracts awash on DEER.IO to get into the accounts of crypto barter and wallet users. US Attorney Robert Brewer commented:
Crooks Paid Monthly Subscription Fee in Bitcoin
Last year, cybercriminals who capital to actualize the boutique on DEER.IO were answerable 800 rubles per month, which is about $12.50. The fee could be paid in Bitcoin or several online acquittal systems, including Russian money alteration account WebMoney.
Once the cybercriminals anchored their abode on the platform, the boutique was guided through an automatic accoutrement to upload the articles and casework and set a cryptocurrency wallet to aggregate payments.
The FBI has advised about 250 food acclimated by hackers to auction bags of accounts and PII files absolute user names, passwords, addresses, and US Social Security Numbers, amid others. Most of the victims are from the US and Europe.
Last year, Bitcoinist reported that Hydra, Russia’s better aphotic web marketplace, planned to body a global, decentralized exchange and eyed an antecedent bread alms (ICO).
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Images via Shutterstock, DEER.IO
