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This website stores cookies on your computer. These cookies are used to improve your website experience and provide more personalized services to you, both on this website and through other media. To find out more about the cookies we use, see our Privacy Policy. Accept * Leadership * Cybercrime * Nation-state * Elections * Technology * Cyber Daily® * Click Here Podcast Go Subscribe to The Record ✉️ Free Newsletter Daryna Antoniuk March 15th, 2024 * Cybercrime * News * News Briefs * * * * * Get more insights with the Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud. Learn more. MOLDOVAN NATIONAL SENTENCED IN E-ROOT CYBERCRIME MARKETPLACE CASE A 31-year-old Moldovan national was sentenced to 42 months in U.S. federal prison for operating a series of websites used to sell access to compromised computers worldwide, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday. According to court documents, Sandu Boris Diaconu was an administrator for the E-Root Marketplace, which listed more than 350,000 compromised credentials for sale, including those belonging to companies and individuals in the U.S. The victims included at least one local government agency in Tampa, Florida, prosecutors said. Authorities took down E-Root in 2020. Diaconu was arrested while attempting to leave the U.K. in May 2021 and was extradited to the U.S. in October. He pleaded guilty in December. E-Root operated across a widely distributed network and took steps to hide the identities of its administrators, buyers, and sellers. Buyers could search for compromised computer credentials on E-Root, such as usernames and passwords, by desired criteria: price, geographic location, internet service provider and operating system. The compromised credentials allowed criminals to access remote computers and steal private information or manipulate the contents of those computers. E-Root’s victims often were subject to ransomware attacks, and some of the stolen credentials listed on the marketplace were linked to stolen identity tax fraud schemes. The E-Root Marketplace used Perfect Money, a legitimate online payment system, to help conceal buyers’ payments. The marketplace administrators offered an illicit cryptocurrency exchange service to convert bitcoin to Perfect Money and vice-versa. This exchange was also seized by U.S. law enforcement. * * * * * Tags * sentencing * sentence * Moldova * marketplace * remote access * credentials * Department of Justice (DOJ) Previous articleNext article Russia targets hundreds of Americans with new sanctions, including cyber journalists TikTok fined nearly $11 million by Italian regulator Daryna Antoniuk is a reporter for Recorded Future News based in Ukraine. She writes about cybersecurity startups, cyberattacks in Eastern Europe and the state of the cyberwar between Ukraine and Russia. She previously was a tech reporter for Forbes Ukraine. Her work has also been published at Sifted, The Kyiv Independent and The Kyiv Post. BRIEFS * IMF says February cyberattack involved compromise of 11 email accountsMarch 15th, 2024 * Moldovan national sentenced in E-Root cybercrime marketplace caseMarch 15th, 2024 * Senators propose a compromise over hot-button Section 702 renewalMarch 14th, 2024 * Russian-Swedish national behind $400 million crypto mixer convicted of money launderingMarch 13th, 2024 * Russian independent media outlet Meduza faces ‘most intense cyber campaign’ everMarch 12th, 2024 * LockBit takes credit for February shutdown of South African pension fundMarch 12th, 2024 * French government agencies hit by cyberattacks of ‘unprecedented intensity’March 11th, 2024 * Roku cancels unauthorized subscriptions and provides refunds for 15k breached accountsMarch 11th, 2024 * Belgian village whose brewery was hit by cyberattack faces another on its coffee roasteryMarch 11th, 2024 PREDATOR SPYWARE OPERATORS REBUILD MULTI-TIER INFRASTRUCTURE TO TARGET MOBILE DEVICES Predator Spyware Operators Rebuild Multi-Tier Infrastructure to Target Mobile Devices RUSSIA SEEKS TO EXPLOIT WESTERN "WAR FATIGUE" TO WIN IN UKRAINE Russia Seeks to Exploit Western "War Fatigue" to Win in Ukraine NAVIGATING 2024'S GEOPOLITICAL FAULT LINES Navigating 2024's Geopolitical Fault Lines RUSSIA-ALIGNED TAG-70 TARGETS EUROPEAN GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY MAIL SERVERS IN NEW ESPIONAGE CAMPAIGN Russia-Aligned TAG-70 Targets European Government and Military Mail Servers in New Espionage Campaign PATTERNS AND TARGETS FOR RANSOMWARE EXPLOITATION OF VULNERABILITIES: 2017–2023 Patterns and Targets for Ransomware Exploitation of Vulnerabilities: 2017–2023 * * * * * Privacy * About * Contact Us © Copyright 2024 | The Record from Recorded Future News