The well-known hacker forum – RaidForums is shut down.
RaidForums has been shut down after its founder and moderator were arrested.
RaidForums, known as the hacker forum, is extremely popular with cybercriminals who buy and sell stolen data.
The forum was shut down as part of a coordinated action carried out by Europol, and other police agencies from a large number of states.
In this way, many criminals have been targeted who have illegally profited from the sale of stolen information.
It is estimated that at the time it was turned off, the forum had offered over 10 billion data for sale.
The global action was attended by Europol, the British National Crime Agency, the US Department of Justice, Portugal, Sweden and Romania.