Security News > 2022 > April > FBI, Europol Seize RaidForums Hacker Forum and Arrest Admin

Dubbed Tourniquet, the seizure of the cybercrime website involved authorities from the U.S., U.K., Sweden, Portugal, and Romania, with the criminal investigation resulting in the arrest of the forum's administrator at his home last month in Croydon, England.

Interestingly, the "Raid" in RaidForums is a nod to its early beginnings as a hub for organizing various forms of electronic harassment - like "Raiding," which refers to a form of targeted harassment by posting an overwhelming volume of messages to a victim.

The dismantling of RaidForums is said to have occurred on February 25, 2022, when the online marketplace became mysteriously offline nearly two weeks after it was plagued by database errors and outages between February 7 and 12, implying that law enforcement officials had access to the infrastructure for several weeks.

Besides functioning as an online venue for illegal activity, RaidForums relied on different subscription tiers to profit from the sales of confidential and sensitive information.

What's more, RaidForums enabled cybercriminals to earn credits in other ways, such as through posting instructions on how to commit illegitimate acts, the DoJ added.

The demise of RaidForums comes amid a series of ongoing steps taken by law enforcement to crack down on cybercrime over the past year.

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