European authorities arrest alleged admin of infamous Russian crime discussion board XSS

European officers have confirmed the arrest of the alleged administrator behind XSS.is, one of many longest-running Russian-language cybercrime boards. 

Per Europol, the alleged administrator was arrested in Ukraine on Tuesday. A legislation enforcement discover on XSS now reads: “This area has been seized.”

In accordance with an announcement by prosecutors in Paris, French authorities obtained a court docket order to conduct surveillance on a Jabber server utilized by the administrator for immediate messaging. The intercepted messages “revealed quite a few illicit actions associated to cybercrime and ransomware,” and allowed investigators to establish a minimum of $7 million in proceeds from cybercrime.

The closed-access discussion board had greater than 50,000 registered customers and was a key market for promoting stolen information and hacking instruments. The seized information might be used to assist ongoing investigations, Europol mentioned.