Security News > 2022 > March > US says Russian ran online marketplace of stolen logins

A Russian national was indicted in the US on Tuesday for allegedly running an online marketplace selling access to credit card, shopping, and web payment accounts belonging to tens of thousands of victims.

Marketplace A functioned like any other online store, and even had bundle deals, such as an offer to buy access to two online retail accounts and get some credit card information thrown in, for the same victim, it was claimed.

The credentials were priced according to a victim's account balances; miscreants allegedly had to pay more for data associated with accounts with more money to steal from.

Marketplace A claimed to have sold data for more than 48,000 email accounts, and more than 39,000 other online accounts, and attracted 5,000 visitors every day, according to an indictment filed in a federal district court in eastern Texas.

He started offering to sell information from stolen accounts in April 2018, and launched Marketplace A a month later, it was claimed.

An FBI employee bought thirteen items from Marketplace A, each containing stolen information for up to 20 online accounts.

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