Who got arrested in the raid on the XSS crime forum?
18 days ago
- #XSS_forum
- #Europol
- #cybercrime
- Europol announced the arrest of a 38-year-old administrator of the Russian-language cybercrime forum XSS, suspected to be a key figure known as 'Toha'.
- The suspect acted as a trusted third party, arbitrating disputes and securing transactions on XSS, which had members from ransomware groups like REvil and LockBit.
- XSS resurfaced on a new deep web address post-arrest, but members remain uncertain about the detained admin's identity, showing solidarity for Toha.
- Toha has a 20-year history in cybercrime, founding forums like Hack-All and Exploit.in, and was linked to domains registered under 'Anton Medvedovskiy'.
- Ukrainian authorities likely arrested Anton Medvedovskiy, whose details align with Toha's known history, including birthday and email usage.
- The arrest has caused chaos in the cybercrime community, with fears that law enforcement now has extensive data from XSS and its Jabber server.
- Modern tools allow authorities to analyze digital fingerprints, linking accounts via writing styles, IPs, and other metadata, raising privacy concerns.