Law enforcement agencies have seized control of the domain of WeLeakInfo, a website offering cheap access to billions of personal credentials stolen from approximately 10,000 data breaches.
For as little as $2 per day, anyone could search the controversial website’s database of records and in many instances extract names, email addresses, phone numbers, and passwords. These passwords could then be used by unscrupulous hackers to break into other accounts where users had made the mistake of reusing the same credentials.
With the seizure of the WeLeakInfo.com domain, the website’s operations are effectively suspended.
Visitors to the WeLeakInfo.com website are now greeted by a message from the various law enforcement agencies who have been investigating the website’s activities.
A 22-year-old man was arrested by police on Wednesday in Fintona, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, in connection with the website, and another 22-year-old male has been arrested by East Netherland Cyber Crime Unit (Politie) in Arnhem.
According to an NCA press release, the two individuals are suspected by police of having made profits in excess of £200,000 from the site.
Prosecutors are likely to argue that those behind the website were profiting from the unlawful sale of stolen data, and assisting third-parties in also accessing sensitive details.
It’s important to recognise that there is a clear difference between the likes of WeLeakInfo and legitimate services like Troy Hunt’s weleakinfo which access passwords stolen breaches brought
