Security News > 2024 > March > Germany takes down cybercrime market with over 180,000 users
The Düsseldorf Police in Germany have seized Crimemarket, a massive German-speaking illicit trading platform with over 180,000 users, arresting six people, including one of its operators.
Known as Crimemarket, it was the largest cybercrime market in the country and a hub for trading illegal drugs, narcotics, and cybercrime services, while it also hosted tutorials/guides for conducting various crimes.
"A total of three more people were arrested in police measures in other federal states, which were initiated by the police there."
The German police say that the operation is targeting not only the operators of the Crimemarket platform but also its users, and the investigation is ongoing.
The notice mentions that the police "Monitored this platform and its content over a long period of time as part of a Europe-wide coordinated operation and confiscated the data."
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