All men those have been arrested aged between 18 and 38, out of 21 – 9 people have been detained under Computer Misuse Act offences, another 9 people under for Fraud offences, and remaining 3 under investigation for both the aforementioned. National Crime Agency has also seized £41,000 in bitcoin from the individuals.
As per the sources, the UK National Crime Agency (NCA), the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Netherlands National Police Corps, the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the German Bundeskriminalamt, were working in unison and it was in January 2019 when they seized the domain of WeLeakInfo.com.
Launched in 2017, WeLeakInfo was selling access to hacked information for the past three years. Reportedlu, the hackers behind the online service obtained data from over 10,000 Data breaches and cemented its name as brilliant underground hacking space.
Furthermore, WeLeakInfo also offered subscription plans allowing users unlimited access to sensitive information. The plans were categorized as following– one day ($2), one week ($7), one month ($25), or three months ($70). Even cheap subscription plan was giving huge access to information, apprentice-type hackers were getting hold of huge cache of data and were using credentials for further criminality, including cyber attacks and fraud offences.
Following the domain's seizure in January, in c ..
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