Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., today announced the Office’s seizure of 12 domain names associated with five online vendors: SIKTOR, PP24, CVVUNION, VCLUB, and BLACK’S STASH, which sold stolen credit and debit card information and cardholders’ personal identifying information. The ongoing investigation identified the possession and sale of the information of more than one million cards stolen from people across the United States, including tens of thousands of New Yorkers.
“The domains seized by my office were used to host sophisticated, structured online marketplaces that exclusively trafficked in stolen information,” said D.A. Bragg. “My office’s Cyber Crime Bureau is actively investigating as part of its ongoing efforts to protect New Yorkers from computer- and cyber-enabled crimes.”
Pictured: The Image That Appears on Seized Domains
Each of the vendors’ websites organized this information in a structured manner, including allowing customers to filter their searches in order to target specific financial institutions, geographic locations – one even allowed their customer to search by individual victim name. The sole purpose of these unlawful sites was to provide this stolen information to individuals who could either re-sell it or make unauthorized purchases. The 12 seized domain names now display a notice about the seizures pursuant to a court order. The investigation into individuals operating and accessing these sites is ongoing.
Pictured: An Example of a Vendor’s Search Function…