Raid Forums Gets Raided, Alleged Admin Arrested
Summary: The U.S. Department of Justice seized RaidForums, an English-language cybercrime forum that sold access to more than 10 billion consumer records stolen since 2015, and charged its alleged administrator, 21-year-old Diogo Santos Coelho of Portugal, with six criminal counts including conspiracy, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. Coelho, who allegedly operated as 'Omnipotent' and ran a fee-based escrow service called 'Official Middleman,' was arrested in the United Kingdom on January 31 at the United States' request and remains in custody pending an extradition hearing.
Key Takeaway: Investigators used Coelho's own escrow service to buy data from one of his alternate identities, and in one incident a third party paid roughly $200,000 in bitcoin to a seller who allegedly kept trying to sell the database afterward - a reminder that paying off a breach seller does not reliably end the exposure.
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