{"id":20906,"date":"2022-01-14T06:05:30","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T11:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=20906"},"modified":"2022-01-14T06:05:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T11:05:30","slug":"largest-darknet-stolen-credit-card-site-closes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/01\/14\/largest-darknet-stolen-credit-card-site-closes\/","title":{"rendered":"Largest darknet stolen credit card site closes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The administrators of the largest illegal marketplace on the darknet for stolen credit cards are retiring after making an estimated $358m (\u00a3260m).<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The anonymous owners of UniCC thanked the criminal fraternity for their business, citing age and health for the closure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Many other illegal darknet marketplaces have also shut down voluntarily over the winter for unknown reasons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Police say the trend leaves them with mixed feelings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The darknet is a part of the internet only accessible through special browsing software.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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‘We are not young’<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Cryptocurrency experts at analysts Elliptic traced hundreds of millions of dollars in crypto-payments made to UniCC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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UniCC posted on darknet forums in both Russian and English saying “our team retires”. The anonymous criminals added: “We are not young and our health do not allow to work like this any longer”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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UniCC has been active since 2013 with tens of thousands of new stolen credit cards listed for sale on the market each day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hundreds of millions of payment card details have been stolen from online retailers, banks and payment companies before being sold on online marketplaces such as UniCC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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These stolen cards have value because they can be used to purchase high-value items or gift cards, which can then be resold for cash.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Elliptic researchers say the website has received cryptocurrency payments since it opened totalling $358m across Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ether and Dash.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The closure of UniCC comes just under a year after the retirement of the previous market leader, Joker’s Stash.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It’s also the latest in a growing list of criminal marketplaces to have voluntarily retired in the last six months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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