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FBI, International Law Units Smash Infamous Hacker Bazaar Darkode

Posted by samzenpus on from the take-it-down dept.

coondoggie writes: The FBI in concert with Interpol and other worldwide law enforcement teams say they have taken down the international cybercriminal site marketplace Darkode and arrested 70 people involved with the site. Darkode was an online, password-protected forum in which hackers and other cyber-criminals convened to buy, sell, trade and share malware, ransomware, information, ideas, and tools to facilitate unlawful intrusions on others’ computers and electronic devices, the FBI said.

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  1. Arent botnets by invictusvoyd · · Score: 1, Insightful

    a primarily windows thing?

    1. Re:Arent botnets by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Mac and Linux don't get malware.

  2. Thought crime by nospam007 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The FBI goes after thoughtcrime, ideas and tools that _may_ be used to commit a crime who would have thought.

    How about guns?