The domain names of a dozen websites have been seized by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office after an investigation allegedly found the credit card information of tens of thousands of New Yorkers was being sold online.
DA Alvin Bragg recently told CBS News New York investigative reporter Mahsa Saeidi the stolen information was being purchased with cryptocurrency.
Stolen information sold on 12 websites, Bragg says
The DA’s Cybercrimes Bureau found the bad actors had access to more than 1 million stolen cards from across the country, and they sold data from those cards in a structured, sophisticated way on 12 websites.
The websites allowed their customers, alleged criminals in this case, to target specific banks, parts of the country, or even look up people by name…