It was the dear place to find out the worst criminal offence you could commit online . Cybercrime forum Darkodehas been shut downafter “ Operation Shrouded Horizon , ” an international legal philosophy enforcement foray that led to 70 catch .
Known asa digital hangoutfor groups like Lizard Squad , Darkode was create in 2008 as an invite - only meeting place to swap hack tools , and has been make headway popularity ever since . A Justice Department declaration key out how the close - off communitykept its ranks low :
Before becoming a member of Darkode , prospective phallus were allegedly vetted through a process in which an exist member invited a prospective phallus to the forum for the use of represent the skills or products that he or she could bring to the group .
Twelve of the cop suspects inhabit in the US , with the eternal sleep spread out across the world . Charges ranged from collude to pull computing machine fraud to creating Facebook bot to spam people . A 20 - twelvemonth - honest-to-goodness in Pittsburgh was charged with machinate to send malicious code for allegedly designing Dendroid , an Android malware that give the mass in mastery distant access to target ’ phones .
This is a openhanded cybercrime foray , and even though it ’s not as high - visibility asthe Silk Road takedown , it has much better implication — even if this is only a marginal barricade for dauntless malware purveyor , anything that makes it slightly severely to infect computers is a skilful pace .
[ Justice Department|The Guardian|The Verge ]
Screenshot from Darkode.com
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