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Quebecers arrested in dismantling of alleged criminal online marketplace​

A massive investigation involving 17 countries, including Canada, has led to the shutdown of an online marketplace that was allegedly selling stolen account credentials to hackers worldwide. Six people in Quebec are among about 120 who have been arrested worldwide.

The FBI-led cybercrime investigation — dubbed Operation Cookie Monster — involved police services across Canada and around the world working together over the last four years to take down the allegedly illicit online criminal market known as the Genesis Market.

“The FBI estimates that by April 2022, 1.5 million devices connected to financial sectors, critical infrastructure and various governments worldwide had been infected by malware,” the OPP alleged in a statement released Wednesday. “Through that malware, Genesis Market compiled stolen data such as email addresses, usernames and passwords and packaged this data for sale.”

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Officials seized 11 domain names tied to the Genesis Market and arrested about 120 users across the world, according to the FBI and Dutch National Police, which led the operation.

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Esdiel said:

I believe the main domain they seized is Genesis.Market.

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MapleDots said:

That's not a big loss

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Esdiel said:

Nope I guess not. Trying to find what other 11 domains they seized but it's not super easy to find.

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