The top English language 'one-stop shop' for cybercrime and
banking fraud, DarkMarket, has been busted by surveillance
officers, and its founder tracked to an internet café in
Wembley, London, says The Guardian.
The site allowed members to trade card details that had been
obtained by hacking, phishing and ATM skimming devices and offered
online tutorials detailing account takeovers, credit card deception
and money laundering. Members could also purchase false ATM and PIN
machines, as well as everything needed to set up a credit card
factory.
With members spanning the UK, US, Canada, Russia, France,
Germany and Turkey, the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency said it
was "impossible" to put a figure on how much the site cost banks
worldwide, although this figure is likely to run into tens of
millions.
But investigators warned that the battle against cybercrime is
far from over, reckoning that there are more than 200 similar sites
still in existence.
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