Original story: But sources close to the investigation tell KrebsOnSecurity that law enforcement agencies in the United States, Canada and across Europe are currently serving arrest warrants on dozens of individuals thought to support Genesis, either by maintaining the site or selling the service bot logs from infected systems.
The database contained the purchase and activity history on all users, which the feds say helped them uncover the true identities of many users. The DOJ said investigators were able to access the user database for Genesis Market, and found the invite-only service had more than 59,000 registered users. The FBI confirmed that some American suspects are among those arrested, although officials declined to share more details on the arrests. In a press briefing this morning, FBI and DOJ officials said the international law enforcement investigation involved 14 countries and resulted in 400 law enforcement actions, including 119 arrests and 208 searches and interviews worldwide. Department of Justice just released a statement on its investigation into Genesis Market. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin did not respond to requests for comment. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Several websites tied to the cybercrime store Genesis Market had their homepages changed today to this seizure notice.Īctive since 2018, Genesis Market’s slogan was, “Our store sells bots with logs, cookies, and their real fingerprints.” Customers could search for infected systems with a variety of options, including by Internet address or by specific domain names associated with stolen credentials.īut earlier today, multiple domains associated with Genesis had their homepages replaced with a seizure notice from the FBI, which said the domains were seized pursuant to a warrant issued by the U.S.
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