The Security Service of Ukraine, the National Police, and French law enforcement officers exposed in Kyiv the developer of one of the world's most famous hacking platforms
As a result of an international special operation in Kyiv, the developer of a hacking platform with more than 50,000 registered users was exposed.
According to the message of the Security Service of Ukraine, among these users are well-known hacker groups, in particular REvil, LockBit, Conti, Qilin.
"Cyber specialists of the Security Service, together with the National Police of Ukraine, French law enforcement agencies, and Europol, dealt a powerful blow to the reputation of one of the main Internet platforms used by global cybercrime. For more than 10 years, hackers from all over the world have used the forum to acquire the latest developments of spyware and closed databases. As a result of a special operation in Kyiv, the developer of the platform was exposed," the report said.
It is noted that using the forum's "services", cybercrime attacked automated management systems of banks, government agencies, and large corporations in the US and EU. Thus, the attackers used malicious software purchased on the forum and priority access to computer networks of international companies to further extort money, and in case of refusal, threatened the victims to "dump" their confidential data on the Internet and paralyze the organization's work.
"Numerous facts of using the platform to recruit new members of hacker groups and sell the latest virus programs have been documented. During the cyber operation, it was possible to establish the location of the hacker forum administrator and partially suspend the activities of its infrastructure," the SSU said.
It is also reported that during searches at the defendant's residence, computer equipment, phones, and money that he received through cryptocurrency transactions for facilitating hacking activities were discovered.
"An investigation is underway to identify all persons involved in the functioning of the criminal forum and its participants. The special operation was carried out under the procedural guidance of the Prosecutor General's Office," the Security Service of Ukraine concluded.
We would like to remind you that another large-scale operation was recently carried out in Kyiv, as a result of which the work of call centers specializing in fraud in the field of financial services was stopped. In the capital of Ukraine, a group of individuals operated, which, in order to seize citizens' money, organized so-called call centers that offered to invest money in cryptocurrency or profitable trading on stock exchanges, as well as earnings on cryptocurrency platforms.
"In the offices where the call centers were located, symbols of the aggressor country, portraits of Putin, as well as letters of thanks from the FSB, and forms of Russian documents, the origin of which is being established," the capital's law enforcement officers reported at the time.
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