Stolen Cards, Reportedly From Cardpool.com, Sold on Darknet
May 5, 2021
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The now-defunct Cardpool.com website (Source: Web.Archive.com)
A Russian-speaking cybercriminal recently sold on a darknet forum thousands of stolen payment and gift cards that researchers at Gemini Advisory believe were taken from the now-defunct online gift card exchange Cardpool.com.
In a report released Tuesday, the threat intelligence firm says the cybercriminal listed 895,000 stolen gift cards and 330,000 stolen payment cards for sale in February on a Russian cybercrime forum. The stolen gift cards, which have an estimated face value of $38 million, were issued by more than 3,000 companies, including Airbnb, Amazon, American Airlines, Chipotle, Dunkin , Home Depot, Marriott and Nike, the research report says.
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Joker s Stash, the notorious underground marketplace that has specialized in the sale of stolen payment card data, is reportedly shutting down in February, with its administrator claiming he will retire at that time, according to researchers at Gemini Advisory, which tracks stolen payment card data.
In a report released Friday, Gemini Advisors notes that the administrator of the darknet site, who also goes by the name JokerStash, plans to close down the marketplace on Feb. 15. The message was posted to the Joker s Stash forum as well as several other underground forums.
The news that Joker s Stash will cease its operations comes a few weeks after published reports claimed that the FBI and Interpol briefly seized the blockchain domains used by the site, although the administrator appears to have regained control shortly after the incident.