October 28, 2022
Daniel Kaye, a 34-year-old British national, was indicted in a U.S. court for running a dark web marketplace called The Real Deal. Kaye was charged with five counts of access device fraud and one count of conspiracy to launder money.
The Real Deal specialized in selling hacking tools and stolen login information. Before it closed in 2016, The Real Deal served as a market for illegal items, including stolen account logins for U.S. government computers, bank accounts, and social media platforms such as Twitter and LinkedIn.
Other illegal items include looted credit card information, personal information, botnets, hacking tools, illegal drugs and weapons. These and many others were offered for sale by vendors who had their own profile pages that offered an option to rank them.
“While living overseas, this defendant allegedly operated an illegal website that made hacking tools and login credentials available for purchase, including those for U.S. government agencies,” said U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan.
Some of the U.S. government computer data sold by Kaye belong to the U.S. Postal Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the U.S. Navy.
The sources for this piece include an article in TheHackerNews.
