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Deer.io takedown: Russian citizen jailed for selling stolen private data of US citizens online
A Russian citizen has become jailed for 30 months for his role in selling stolen debit card information and other data accustomed to fuel further criminal activity.
Kirill Victorovich Firsov, 30, from Moscow, acted since the administrator of a website that provided stolen personal information and also other services to be used 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 around 2,000 illicit online retailers generating approximately $17 million during its seven-year operation.
It sold information including gamer account logins, and the information that is personal of US citizens not limited by names, current addresses, telephone numbers, as well as at times Social Security numbers.
Deer.io was published since October 2013 and was banned following Firsov’s arrest in March 2020 after an operation where the FBI purchased 1,100 gamer accounts along with the personal data upwards of 3,600 Americans.
The prosecutor asserted that Firsov knew deer.io was selling stolen and counterfeit accounts as they built the platform.
“Also, deer.io was easily searchable, so anyone – including Firsov – could search the system for stolen US accounts and data,” the production reads.
“Although it sold stolen accounts, deer.io had not been cloaked in secrecy and required no special password for access, because everything was exhaust Russia, and American police officers could gain no foothold.”
‘Sending a message’
“The FBI will pursue cybercriminals around the world market Onion,” said FBI Special Agent in Charge, Suzanne Turner.
“Today’s sentence sends a phone message – conducting criminal activity external to the United States doesn’t imply that you are out from reach.
“The FBI will identify and pursue criminal actors inside the cyber-sphere, regardless of where they operate, and try to bring these to justice in a very United States court.”
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