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Nulled, Other Cybercrime Websites Seized by Law Enforcement

Several cybercrime websites have been seized in a law enforcement operation, including Nulled, Cracked, Sellix, and StarkRDP.

Nulled and Cracked seized

Several major cybercriminal websites have been seized this week as part of an international law enforcement operation. 

The visitors of websites such as Nulled, Cracked, Sellix and StarkRDP are now greeted by a message saying that the site has been seized as part of Operation Talent.

“This website, as well as the information on the customers and victims of the website, has been seized by international law enforcement partners,” the message reads.

The website seizure screen contains the logos of law enforcement agencies in the United States, Australia, Greece, Germany, Spain, Romania, France and other countries. 

Nulled and Cracked are the most well-known of these sites. The two hacking forums have been around for years. The other targeted sites offered virtual servers and financial platforms that could be used for various types of cybercriminal activities. 

Cracked operators initially said they had been investigating an issue in their data center, but later confirmed on their Telegram channel that the site was seized by law enforcement. 

The DNS records of the seized domains were temporarily directed to an FBI server, Dark Web Informer reported. 

It’s unclear if the operation also involved arrests and searches, as is typical in these types of law enforcement actions. 

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Agencies in the United States and Europe have yet to release any information on Operation Talent, but Europol did clarify that the operation is ongoing, which means more sites may be seized. 

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Eduard Kovacs (@EduardKovacs) is a managing editor at SecurityWeek. He worked as a high school IT teacher for two years before starting a career in journalism as Softpedia’s security news reporter. Eduard holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial informatics and a master’s degree in computer techniques applied in electrical engineering.

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