With the participation of 17 countries, the National Crime Agency in the United Kingdom (NCA) arrested a group involved in the largest electronic piracy platforms after a series of raids, conducting 200 searches and arresting 120 people, in an unprecedented police operation, which is the first of its kind, in which 17 countries from Around the world, it made it possible to dismantle (Genesis Market), one of the most dangerous electronic markets dedicated to crime in the world, who hack phones and seize corporate and institutional data.

Edited by |Christian Megan

World Section

6 April 2023 - London

      The European police, Europol, announced the closure of one of the largest electronic piracy platforms in the world, today, Wednesday, after an extensive international security operation.

An official statement by Europol stated that the police operation is unprecedented, that the platform is called Genesis, and that those who register during the coming days will receive a message stating that this site has been seized by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Electronic hacking sells millions of data and passwords
The hacking platform has also been involved in selling data belonging to stolen accounts and passwords. According to the statement, the Genesis marketplace also contained 80 million sets of digital credentials and fingerprints that were offered for sale, and which European police said was a "massive fraud enabler".

As Robert Jones, director general of the NCA's National Economic Crime Center, noted, "Criminals have long stolen the credentials of innocent members of the public, and Genesis Market sold login details, IP addresses, and other data that constituted the 'digital fingerprints' of victims." BBC".

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