FBI Takes Down Cybercrime Website Genesis Market and Sanctions Forum in Latest Bust.

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Source: The Verge
FBI Takes Down Cybercrime Website Genesis Market and Sanctions Forum in Latest Bust.
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Law enforcement agencies have shut down Genesis Market, a website selling access to over 80 million account access credentials, including usernames, passwords, session tokens, and browser fingerprints. The site was seized on Tuesday, and 119 of its users have been arrested. The agencies have teamed up with HaveIBeenPwned.com to make it easy for the public to check if their login credentials were stolen. Genesis also sold access to users' cookies, which could let hackers bypass protections like two-factor authentication. If your data was stolen by malware, it's very possible it's still running on your device, ready to steal new login cookies and upload them to another marketplace.

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