Security News > 2020 > March > FBI takes down hacker platform Deer.io

The FBI on Tuesday shut down Deer.io, a Russia-based platform catering to cybercrooks that offered turnkey online storefront design and hosting and a place where they could sell and advertise their wares, including ripped-off credentials, hacked servers, hacking services, gamer accounts and more.

Up until the FBI jammed a stick in its spokes, the platform was doing brisk business, with sales exceeding $17 million, selling hacked accounts for video streaming services like Netflix and Hulu and social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Vkontakte.

Court documents claim that Firsov is a Russian hacker and allegedly the administrator of Deer.io.

A federal complaint says that the criminally inclined could order a variety of things on Deer.io virtual stores, which offered hacked and/or compromised financial and corporate data from US and international victims and PII such as usernames, passwords, taxpayer IDs, dates of birth and victims' addresses.

The Deer.io platform removed any friction involved in setting up shop: it gave shop owners an easy-to-use interface that enabled automated purchase and delivery of criminal goods and services.

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