On May 31, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) seized "weleakinfo.to," an internet domain name; and two more domain names that were related, "ipstress.in" and "ovh-booter.com"; after an international investigation of websites that give users ability to purchase access to intimate and personal information of victims or hack their networks.
This was shared by Matthew M. Graves, United States attorney for the District of Columbia; and Wayne A. Jacobs, special agent in charge of the Criminal and Cyber Division of the FBI's Washington Field Office; a recent DOJ press release said.
“Today, the FBI and the Department stopped two distressingly common threats: websites trafficking in stolen personal information and sites which attack and disrupt legitimate internet businesses,” Graves said in the release. “Cyber crime often crosses national borders. Using strong working relationships with our international law enforcement partners, we will address crimes like these that threaten privacy, security, and commerce around the globe.”
The WeLeakInfo.to website claimed to give it’s users access to a search engine to illegally obtain personal information from more than 10,000 data breaches that harbored 7 billion indexed records. Those records included names, email addresses, usernames, phone numbers and passwords for online accounts.
“These seizures are prime examples of the ongoing actions the FBI and our international partners are undertaking to disrupt malicious cyber activity,” Jacobs said in the release. “Disrupting malicious DDoS operations and dismantling websites that facilitate the theft and sale of stolen personal information is a priority for the FBI.”
Anyone with information about weleakinfo.to or it’s owners and operators are encouraged to file a complaint with the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center.
