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Cybercriminal gangs operating darknet stolen payment card marketplaces are scrambling to attract customers from the now-closed Joker's Stash card market, according to representatives from the security firms Kela and Flashpoint.  The administrator behind Joker's Stash claims to have officially shut down the operation in February 2021. Meanwhile, other criminal gangs offering stolen payment cards for sale have stepped up their promotional

Among the darknet marketplaces vying to pick up former Joke

Red Sky Alliance has long reported on the underground carding site – Joker’s Stash (JS).  Well several research firms have identified that JS is ‘goiong out of business.’  Joker’s Stash is reportedly (or was…) the largest underground forum/shop for selling stolen credit card and identity data.  JS is reporting they are closing its shop by the middle of February 2021.  This news was shared after a crazy 2020 for the major cybercrime store, and several weeks after US and European law enforcement a

There is no shortage of places within the Internet's dark market where stolen credit and debit card information is sold.  Most of them, truth be told, are criminal chancers trading in recycled data from old breaches; bargains are to be held for fraudsters willing to take a gamble that some of the bundle of payment cards they have bought will actually be usable.  Not only is it the biggest, but Joker's Stash, which was established in 2014, prides itself on traders selling the "freshest" of paymen