Security News > 2020 > March > FBI Shuts Down Hacker Platform, Arrests Administrator
The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently took down a Russian-based online platform where various cybercrime products and services were being sold, the Department of Justice announced on Tuesday.
In addition to shutting down the platform, the FBI arrested its suspected administrator, alleged Russian hacker Kirill Victorovich Firsov.
Known as DEER.IO, the cyber platform allowed criminals to sell products or services through online storefronts in exchange for a fee.
Miscreants could access the storefronts on the DEER.IO platform via web browsers and were also provided with a search function to find the information they were looking for.
At the beginning of March 2020, the FBI managed to purchase gamer accounts from a DEER.IO store, being provided with a username and password for each account, as well as individual PII accounts that included names, dates of birth and U.S. Social Security numbers for individuals in San Diego County.