23/07/2025
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A major blow was dealt to the underground cybercrime world this month. Authorities in Ukraine, working alongside and French investigators, arrested the alleged operator behind .is, a notorious -language cybercrime forum active since 2013.
This wasnโt just another user โ the suspect is believed to have played a central role in enabling and facilitating digital crime. Investigators say he wasnโt just keeping the lights on, but actively helped cybercriminals coordinate, resolve disputes, and smooth out ransomware operations that reportedly pulled in over โฌ7 million.
The forum, previously known as , offered everything from malware and stolen data to access to hacked systems and ransomware-as-a-service. It also hosted a secure Jabber server for criminals to communicate anonymously. French authorities had been monitoring this server since 2021 under court order, collecting damning intelligence along the way.
XSS.is had over 50,000 members and was one of the longest-running marketplaces of its kind on the dark web.
While the name of the arrested individual hasnโt been released, this case adds to a growing list of recent high-profile takedowns, including the fall of BreachForums, Cracked, Nulled, and others.Law enforcement is clearly pushing hard against cybercrime infrastructure โ and this arrest shows that even long-standing players in the game are not untouchable.
