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'''Genesis Market''' was an [[cybercrime]]-facilitation website noted for its easy-to-use interface. It was founded in 2017 and was shut down by an international police operation in April 2023. |
'''Genesis Market''' was an [[cybercrime]]-facilitation website noted for its easy-to-use interface. It was founded in 2017 and was shut down by an international police operation in April 2023. To determine if someone had been victimized they where encouraged to visit [[Have_I_Been_Pwned%3F | haveibeenpwned.com]] or [https://politie.nl/checkyourhack politie.nl/checkyourhack]. |
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== Description == |
== Description == |
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| Type of business | Cybercrime-facilitation website |
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| Available in | English |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Dissolved | April 2023 |
| No. of locations | 218 countries |
| Products | Stolen personal data, including passwords |
| URL | http://www.genesis.market/ |
| Archiveurl: https://web.archive.org/web/20230405125526/http://www.genesis.market/ | |
Genesis Market was an cybercrime-facilitation website noted for its easy-to-use interface. It was founded in 2017 and was shut down by an international police operation in April 2023. To determine if someone had been victimized they where encouraged to visit haveibeenpwned.com or politie.nl/checkyourhack.
Description
Genesis Market was an English language website that facilitated identity fraud using stolen personal details including passwords to popular websites including Airbnb, Amazon, eBay, Facebook, PayPal, and Netflix.[1][2] It was noted for its user-friendly interface and providing users with an easy means to digital adopt a target's identity to facilitate cybercrime. The website was used by fraudsters to impersonate target users without their knowledge and steal money from target's bank accounts.[1]
In 2022, it was considered one of the top three such websites, the other two being Russian Market, and 2Easy.[3]
History
Gensis Market was launched in beta form in 2017.[4] In May 2021, it provided 374,401 target profiles in 218 countries.[4]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation shut down the website in April 2023 as part of the international law enforcement operation known as Operation Cookie Monster.[1][5] This international operation was led by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Dutch National Police (Politie), with a command post set up at Europol’s headquarters on the action day to coordinate the different enforcement measures being carried out across the globe. The law enforcement operation involved 17 countries including the British, Australian, Canadian, Spanish, Italian, German, Swedish, Polish, Danish, and Romanian police forces [6][7]
References
- ^ a b c "Genesis Market: Popular cybercrime website shut down by police". BBC News. 2023-04-05. Archived from the original on 2023-04-05. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
- ^ "ФБР захватило один из центров киберпреступников Genesis Market". dev.by (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-04-05.
- ^ "Stolen data of 600,000 Indians sold on bot markets so far - study". Reuters. 2022-12-08. Archived from the original on 2022-12-15. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
- ^ a b "Inside look at the Genesis Market, a cybercriminal market | 2021-05-06 | Security Magazine". www.securitymagazine.com. 6 May 2021. Archived from the original on 2023-01-17. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
- ^ Lyngaas, Sean (2023-04-04). "'Operation Cookie Monster': FBI seizes popular cybercrime forum used for large-scale identity theft | CNN Politics". CNN. Archived from the original on 2023-04-05. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
- ^ "Takedown of notorious hacker marketplace selling your identity to criminals". Europol. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
- ^ Holden, Michael; Pearson, James; Pearson, James (2023-04-05). "'Operation Cookie Monster': International police action seizes dark web market". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2023-04-05. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
