European authorities arrested the alleged official of the famous Russian crime forum XSS

European officials confirmed the arrest of the alleged official behind them xss.isOne of the longest e -crime forums in Russian.

For every europolThe alleged official in Ukraine was arrested on Tuesday. “This field has been seized,” says XSS now.

According to a statement before Prosecutors in ParisThe French authorities obtained a court order to conduct monitoring on the Jabber servant used by the official for immediate messages. The usual messages “revealed many illegal activities related to cybercrime and ransom programs,” and allowed the investigators to determine at least $ 7 million in electronic crime revenues.

The closed access forum had more than 50,000 registered users and was a major market for Selling stolen data And piracy tools. Europol said that the seized data will be used to support the ongoing investigations.