Global effort: Thanks to international co-operation, a number of criminal marketplaces have been seized in recent years, including BreachForums and RaidForums.Law enforcement agencies involved in various ways in this week’s takedown came from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Greece, Kosovo, Malaysia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, the United Kingdom and the US.News of the seizure comes the day after the IT infrastructure hosting the Tycoon2FA phishing-as-a-service operation was dismantled.The takedown of LeakBase “disrupts a major international platform that cybercriminals use to obtain and profit from the theft of sensitive personal, banking and account credentials,” said US assistant attorney general A. Tysen Duva. “This operation illustrates the strength of the United States and our international partners working across the globe to dismantle a critical cybercriminal forum.”In a statement, Edvardas Å ileris, head of Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre, said the operation “shows that no corner of the internet is beyond the reach of international law enforcement. What began as a shadowy forum for stolen data has now been dismantled, and those who believed they could hide behind anonymity are being identified and held accountable. This is a clear message to cybercriminals everywhere: if you traffic in other people’s stolen information, law enforcement will find you and bring you to justice.”
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