Website peddling leaked data taken down; two arrested in Europe

By Chandu Gopalakrishnan for SC Media
Friday, January 17, 2020

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In November 2019, NCA and North West Regional Organised Crime Unit officers executed 21 warrants across the UK as part of an international operation targeting those who had purchased the IM RAT. Several of the suspects identified had also paid for access to weleakinfo.com, noted the NCA.

"From a legal perspective, the commerce of stolen property is criminally punishable in most Western jurisdictions. The prosecution will likely argue that the admins were deliberately profiteering from the unlawful sale of stolen property, recklessly allowing third-parties to access victims' sensitive data," noted ImmuniWeb founder & CEO Ilia Kolochenko.

"Given the purely commercial nature of the project, malicious intent would be easy to prove, forming an irrefutable indictment with severe prison terms on the horizon. The admins would be advised to take experienced criminal defence lawyers and consider negotiating a guilty plea. In any case, this incident serves an unambiguous "tolerance zero" notice to all grey marketplaces," he added. Read Full Article