FBI Takes Down Genesis Marketplace in Global Cybercrime Bust
The FBI and international partners have taken down Genesis Market, a darknet site that sold data containing login credentials for bank accounts, social media passwords, and IP addresses from identity theft and data breach victims. The international law enforcement action, dubbed "Operation Cookie Monster," resulted in the arrest of nearly 120 suspected users of the illegal exchange and the seizure of Genesis' domain. The marketplace allegedly sold data that was later used by ransomware attackers to gain access to computer networks in the U.S. and around the world, and sold 80 million sets of identifying information from more than 1.5 compromised million computers.