FBI Arrests Alleged Owner of Deer.io, a Top Broker of Stolen Accounts
Summary: The FBI arrested Kirill V. Firsov, a Russian security researcher, on March 7 at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport on suspicion of operating deer.io, a marketplace that hosted more than 24,000 shops selling stolen and hacked credentials. The indictment alleges deer.io was responsible for $17 million in stolen credential sales since its inception in 2013, and Firsov faces two felony counts including aiding and abetting the unauthorized solicitation of access devices.
What you should know: A single platform tied to $17 million in stolen credential sales since 2013 means the usernames and passwords in your workforce may already have passed through shops like these, and the indictment notes PII files with Social Security numbers and dates of birth were among the goods for sale.
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