Law Enforcement Sweeps Up Cybercrime Forums

Cracked, Nulled and HeartSender All Seized In International Operations Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • January 30, 2025

Operators of a cybercrime forums had a bad day Thursday after European and U.S. law enforcement announced server seizures and arrests.

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German police and its partners announced the closure two platforms, Cracked and Nulled, which collectively had more than 10 million users. Users discussed cybercrime and traded in stolen data, malware and hacking tools.

Over the course of a three day operation that ended Thursday, authorities seized 12 domains used to host the platforms, as well as a financial processor named Sellix which was used by Cracked and a hosting service called StarkRDP run by suspected Cracked and Nulled operators. Spanish arrested two individuals, a ...