(Getty Images) FBI takes down dark web marketplace for U.S. citizen personal data The crime operation may have been connected to Joker's Stash. Jun 7, 2022 By Tonya Riley
(Getty Images) After Joker’s Stash shutdown, the market for stolen financial data looks a lot different The illicit carding market stands at $1.4 billion, researchers say, compared to $1.9 billion last year. Dec 20, 2021 By Joe Warminsky
Email scammers impersonated upset restaurant customers to defraud U.S. food chains. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) FIN7 scammers posed as SEC officials, sick restaurant customers to hack victims Prosecutors are seeking seven years in prison for one member of the hacking crew. Jun 22, 2021 By Jeff Stone
Greek god and goddess vector illustration series, Heracles or Hercules fighting the Lernaean Hydra or Hydra of Lerna, Second Labor of Heracles How Hydra, a Russian dark net market, made more than $1 billion in 2020 Hydra has remained resilient where others have fallen to law enforcement operations. May 25, 2021 By Tim Starks
Joker’s Stash, a forum for stolen data, says it will shut down within 30 days The site previously was the subject of a "coordinated" police action, as CyberScoop reported. Jan 15, 2021 By Jeff Stone
Pete Linforth via Pixabay A ‘coordinated police’ action against the Joker’s Stash took a small domain offline Earlier chatter on other cybercriminal forums suggested that Joker’s Stash had gone down. Dec 17, 2020 By Jeff Stone
(Getty Images) Operator of bitcoin ‘mixers’ that served dark web markets faces $60 million FinCEN penalty It's the first action of its kind by FinCEN, which assessed that the Helix and Coin Ninja services failed to file suspicious activity reports and follow other… Oct 20, 2020 By Joe Warminsky
Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, a Dallas-based fast food chain, is dealing with a security incident. (Getty Images) Joker’s Stash claims 3 million cards stolen from Dickey’s Barbecue The incident underscores how scammers target chokepoints for sensitive data — and how they continue to turn to Joker’s Stash to try to sell it off. Oct 15, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
(Getty Images) Scammers just posted 1.3 million payment card numbers on Joker’s Stash, a market for ID theft It's the latest evidence Indian cardholders' data is being marketed for identity theft. Oct 29, 2019 By Jeff Stone
(Getty) Joker’s Stash, once a forum for credit data, grows as breaches yield more stolen data The site is a hotspot for information stolen in big time data breaches. Oct 24, 2019 By Jeff Stone