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Deer.io takedown: Russian citizen jailed for selling stolen sensitive information of US citizens online
A Russian citizen may be jailed for 30 months for his role in selling stolen plastic card information as well as other data helpful to fuel further criminal activity.
Kirill Victorovich Firsov, 30, from Moscow, acted because the administrator of a site that provided stolen information that is personal along with services to use for cybercrime, a US Department of Justice release states.
One-stop cybercrime platform
As previously reported by The Daily Swig, the now-defunct website – Deer.io – hosted a projected 2,000 illicit online shops and created approximately $17 million during its seven-year operation.
It sold information including gamer account logins, along with the private data of US citizens not limited by names, current addresses, contact numbers, possibly at times Social Security numbers.
Deer.io was released as soon as October 2013 and was banned following Firsov’s arrest in March 2020 after an operation during which the FBI purchased 1,100 gamer accounts and the personal information upwards of 3,600 Americans.
The prosecutor asserted that Firsov knew deer.io was selling stolen and counterfeit accounts as he built the platform.
“Also, deer.io was easily searchable, so anyone – including Firsov – could search the woking platform for stolen US accounts and knowledge,” the making reads.
“Even though it sold stolen accounts, deer.io had not been cloaked in secrecy and required no special password for access, because everything was uses up Russia, and American the police could gain no foothold.”
‘Sending a message’
“The FBI will pursue cybercriminals around the world market onion (synsec.com.py),” said FBI Special Agent in Charge, Suzanne Turner.
“Today’s sentence sends a message – conducting criminal activity from outside the United States doesn’t imply you will be beyond reach.
“The FBI will identify and pursue criminal actors while in the cyber-sphere, no matter where they operate, and try to bring these to justice inside of a United States court.”
