Sergiu Gatlan reports:
Update January 29, 14:15 EST: Seizure banners were added to the cracked[.] io, nulled [.] to, starkrdp [.] io, mysellix [.] io, and sellix [.] io, confirming that the domains had been seized in a joint law enforcement action dubbed “Operation Talent” that included authorities from the United States, Italy, Spain, Europe, France, Greece, Australia, and Romania.
“This website, as well as the information on the customers and victims of the website, has been seized by international law enforcement partners,” the banners read.
Cracked.io’s staff has released a new statement on Telegram confirming that law enforcement has seized the cracked.io domain.
“Now that everyone has more clarity on the situation, Cracked.io has been seized under operation talent with specific reasons being undisclosed,” they said.
Read more at Bleeping Computer.
Europol subsequently provided additional details on Thursday, including:
The operation took place from 28 to 30 January and led to:
- 2 suspects arrested
- 7 properties searched
- 17 servers and over 50 electronic devices seized
- Around EUR 300 000 of cash and cryptocurrencies seized
Throughout the course of the action day, 12 domains within the platforms Cracked and Nulled were seized. Other associated services were also taken down; including a financial processor named Sellix which was used by Cracked, and a hosting service called StarkRDP, which was promoted on both of the platforms and run by the same suspects.