DarkMarket Closes its Doors, Finally

Friday, January 15, 2010, 6:44
Threat Research

Darkmarket closed shop recently. If you hadn’t heard from them, don’t worry much. This web site operating from different places worldwide managed to join all sorts of credit card crooks and provided different levels of seller verification, escrow services and malware consulting.

It finally went offline and their owners put in custody thanks to the effort of different law enforcement units throughout the world. It’s in moments like these that the combined efforts of the IT security industry and law enforcement can really be appreciated.

For the cybercriminals, it is of course, just a drop in the ocean, and I’m sure the underground will recover (in fact, it has probably already done so!) but this is definitely a step in the right direction and that feels reassuring.

The arrest of these two individuals, one in London and the other one in Turkey, sends a message to all cybercrooks out there: no matter where you are, you are not above the law. More information about this story can be found here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/14/darkmarket-online-fraud-trial-wembley

Post from: TrendLabs | Malware Blog – by Trend Micro

DarkMarket Closes its Doors, Finally