21 WeLeakInfo customers arrested for buying breached data

21 WeLeakInfo customers arrested for buying breached data

WeLeakInfo was seized last year for selling user records leaked by hackers in hundreds of data breaches.


The UK National Crime Agency (NCA) has arrested 21 individuals, all males aged 18 and 38, during a nationwide cyber operation targeting a now-defunct online service- WeLeakInfo [.] com. 


The arrested individuals have been captured from across the UK and were customers of the website. WeLeakInfo offered access to data stolen from hacked websites.


According to authorities, the arrested suspects were involved in purchasing stolen credentials, which they used to commit a range of cybercrimes and frauds.


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Nine out of the 21 arrested people were detained on suspicion of possible breach of the Computer Misuse Act, nine for Fraud-related offenses, and three were arrested for both. The NCA seized more than £41,000 in bitcoin from the suspects.



21 people have been arrested in a nationwide cyber crime crackdown targeting customers of an online criminal marketplace that advertised stolen personal credentials.


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— National Crime Agency (NCA) (@NCA_UK) December 25, 2020


About WeLeakInfo [.] com


The service was launched in 2017 to offer its customers a platform where they could access stolen data. It provided a search engine where the site visitors could find data obtained illegall ..

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