OP 22 November, 2024 - 07:18 PM
US law enforcement announced the closure of the PopeyeTools marketplace and the seizure of associated domains. Three platform administrators have also been charged. The intelligence services also seized $283,000 in cryptocurrency related to the platform’s illegal activities and belonging to one of the defendants.
PopeyeTools, which had been publicly available since 2016, offered cybercrime-related services, including the sale of financial and personal information, as well as tools for fraud and cyberattacks.
According to law enforcement, the platform became a hub for thousands of users from around the world, including those involved in ransomware operations and other sophisticated cyberthreats. The total profit is estimated at $1.7 million, and the number of victims is at least 227,000 people.
The platform offered the following services:
Data sets of valid payment cards and personal information worth about $30 per card.
Logs with bank account data for unauthorized access.
Email databases for phishing attacks or spam mailings.
Website templates for implementing fraudulent schemes.
Educational materials for committing financial crimes and other types of fraud.
Tools for checking the relevance of stolen bank card and account data.
To attract customers and retain audiences, the service offered a refund policy or replacement of data if it turned out to be invalid.
During the operation, the PopeyeTools[.]com, PopeyeTools[.]uk and PopeyeTools[.]to domains were seized. At the moment, visitors to these sites see a warning that information about users of the platform is in the possession of investigative authorities.
Three alleged administrators of the platform are accused of conspiring to commit fraud with access devices, selling such devices and offering them through the platform. If found guilty, they face up to 10 years in prison for each of the charges. However, no arrests have been made yet, and it remains unknown where exactly the accused are located or whether they can be extradited.
source : https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-d...nistrators
PopeyeTools, which had been publicly available since 2016, offered cybercrime-related services, including the sale of financial and personal information, as well as tools for fraud and cyberattacks.
According to law enforcement, the platform became a hub for thousands of users from around the world, including those involved in ransomware operations and other sophisticated cyberthreats. The total profit is estimated at $1.7 million, and the number of victims is at least 227,000 people.
The platform offered the following services:
Data sets of valid payment cards and personal information worth about $30 per card.
Logs with bank account data for unauthorized access.
Email databases for phishing attacks or spam mailings.
Website templates for implementing fraudulent schemes.
Educational materials for committing financial crimes and other types of fraud.
Tools for checking the relevance of stolen bank card and account data.
To attract customers and retain audiences, the service offered a refund policy or replacement of data if it turned out to be invalid.
During the operation, the PopeyeTools[.]com, PopeyeTools[.]uk and PopeyeTools[.]to domains were seized. At the moment, visitors to these sites see a warning that information about users of the platform is in the possession of investigative authorities.
Three alleged administrators of the platform are accused of conspiring to commit fraud with access devices, selling such devices and offering them through the platform. If found guilty, they face up to 10 years in prison for each of the charges. However, no arrests have been made yet, and it remains unknown where exactly the accused are located or whether they can be extradited.
source : https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-d...nistrators
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