RaidForums hacking forum seized by police, owner arrested

Date:
Wed, 13 Apr 2022 09:56:48 +0000

Description:
RaidForums owner is facing charges for conspiracy, device access fraud, and aggravated identity theft

FULL STORY ======================================================================

A popular dark web forum has been seized by the authorities, and its founder and admin, arrested and charged.

As reported by the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), the countrys law enforcement agencies recently obtained a court order to seize RaidForums.com, RF.ws, and Raid.lol domains, which were hosting the RaidForums underground marketplace for stolen sensitive data and other contraband.

According to the announcement, from 2016 until February 2022, RaidForums was used to sell sensitive personal and financial information of US citizens, including stolen bank routing and account numbers, credit card information, login credentials , and social security numbers. Owner arrested in the UK

Hundreds of databases, with more than 10 billion unique records, were sold on the forum before being taken down, the DoJ claims.

Besides being used to sell stolen data, the forum was allegedly also used to organize different forms of electronic harassment, including raiding and swatting.

The forums founder and chief administrator, a 21-year-old Diogo Santos
Coelho, of Portugal, was arrested in the UK at the US request. He is
currently in custody, pending the resolution of his extradition.

Coelho is being charged with six counts, including conspiracy, device access fraud, and aggravated identity theft . As an admin, he allegedly designed and administered the forums software and infrastructure, set up and enforced rules, as well as created and managed different sections of the website. Read more

700m LinkedIn records up for sale on underground hacking forum

Millions of mixtape fans could be at risk of being hacked

Exploits for nasty Internet Explorer bug found on hacking forums

Coelho profited from the website in more ways than one, including selling different membership tiers that offered greater access and features. He also sold credits which provided members access to privileged areas of the
website.

He also personally sold stolen data and acted as a trusted middleman, through a service called Official Middleman. In the service, Coelho allegedly
verified the customers means of payment, as well as contraband files being sold.

Its also worth mentioning that he wasnt working alone - the site has had more administrators. Keep your browsing private with the best VPN services around



======================================================================
Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/news/raidforums-hacking-forum-seized-by-police-owner -arrested/


--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64)
* Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100)