FBI/DOJ Shuts Down Criminal Cyber Operation

[Area52]

Found this in an email from Kim Komando. Altough many sites were affected, it‘s worth noting the data breach included the popular Gun Auction.com site. If you created an account with them, it’s time to change your device password.

Criminal Marketplace Disrupted in International Cyber Operation

The Justice Department announced today a coordinated international operation against Genesis Market, a criminal online marketplace that advertised and sold packages of account access credentials – such as usernames and passwords for email, bank accounts, and social media – that had been stolen...

www.justice.gov

 

[Keystone19250]

I saw the news report on the FBI and DOJ taking control of some fraudulent websites and shutting them down so at least they are doing something with our tax dollars.

This is another reason I won’t buy guns online and basically won’t buy anything online for 2A related items.

If I can’t find it in a store or have a store order it for me after paying cash to get the order started I don’t want/need it that bad.

 

[Recusant]

Now if they could do something about the scammers who call on the phone all day long that would impress me.

 

[Keystone19250]

Now if they could do something about the scammers who call on the phone all day long that would impress me.

Agreed. I’m constantly getting calls about selling my property in Connecticut, the infuriating thing is I no longer own Connecticut property and it’s obviously a scam to get personal information.