Security News > 2022 > June > Feds raid dark web market selling data on 24 million Americans
US law enforcement has shut down another dark web market, seizing and dismantling SSNDOB, a site dealing in stolen personal information.
Prior to the takedown, SSNDOB reportedly had 24 million individuals' records available for purchase, which it regularly advertised on dark web forums.
Chainalysis released its own report on the SSNDOB investigation which found a link between SSNDOB and Joker's Stash, a dark web market that migrated to blockchain hosting to avoid action by law enforcement.
The closure of SSNDOB marks another in a chain of dark web seizures in the past year.
"Identity theft can have a devastating impact on a victim's long-term emotional and financial health. Taking down the SSNDOB website disrupted ID theft criminals and helped millions of Americans whose personal information was compromised," said Special Agent in Charge Darrell Waldon, IRS-CI Washington, D.C. Field Office.
It's not clear that the site is affiliated with the SSNDOB sites the DOJ seized.
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