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| Source |  AlienVault Lab Blog |
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| Identifiant | 8599649 |
| Date de publication | 2024-10-18 10:00:00 (vue: 2024-10-18 10:14:15) |
| Titre | Récaping RAID Forums: l'endroit où les données ont été vendues au plus offrant Recapping Raid Forums: The Place Where Data Was Sold to the Highest Bidder |
| Texte | The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author. LevelBlue does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. From stolen personal data to entire corporate databases, Raid Forums was a digital black market where the most valuable commodities weren\'t physical goods but sensitive information. What began as a hub for online trolls quickly spiraled into a bustling marketplace where hackers auctioned off data to the highest bidder. The platform evolved into a haven for cybercriminals, with notorious figures turning stolen information into profit. But as law enforcement closed in, rookie OpSec mistakes led to this empire of deceit and data theft crumbling down. Thus, let’s take a closer look at how Raid Forums became one of the internet’s most infamous data-selling platforms, its operational model and how it all came crumbling down. Origins of Raid Forums: From Trolling to More Sinister Acts Raid Forums began in 2015 as a notorious hub for trolling and harassment, with other disruptive activities like "swatting" and DDoS attacks also being discussed and orchestrated. Nevertheless, they were considered nothing more than a gaggle of terminally online script kiddies at the time. At the center was its founder, Diogo Santos Coelho, or “Omnipotent,” a 14-year-old Portuguese national with a propensity for cybercrime. Frost and Pompompurin were two other notable admins. Initially, users would reach out to him and the rest of the community to perform mass spam attacks—raids, justifying the forum’s name. The shenanigans soon evolved—users orchestrated fake police reports, escalating the site\'s actions from online pranks to real-world disruptions in the form of online harassment campaigns and smear attacks. However, there was one major problem—these activities weren’t as profitable as Coelho as his partners in crime hoped. Shifting Goals: Transition to a Marketplace for Stolen Data As the forum\'s audience expanded, its admin team figured it was time to pivot. Thus, Raid Forums gradually transformed into a marketplace for selling stolen information, from SSNs to corporate financial records, harvested from major data breaches. This turned out to be a major boon for the site, as some of the world’s biggest freelance black hats saw Raid Forums as a suitable place to chain in on their digital loot. At the same time, Raid developed its own team of data poachers and malware devs, resulting in their escapades devolving into more sinister, more meticulous endeavors. Whether it was extracting invoice data from corporate emails to dig deeper into potential targets or |
| Notes | ★★★ |
| Envoyé | Oui |
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