European authorities arrest administrators of the infamous Russian Crime Forum XSS

European officials confirmed the arrest of the manager, allegedly behind it XSS.ISone of the longest-running Russian cybercrime forums.

All EuropolThe suspect was arrested in Ukraine on Tuesday. Law enforcement notice regarding XSS reads, “This domain has been seized.”

According to the statement Paris prosecutorFrench authorities have obtained a court order to carry out monitoring on Jabber servers used by administrators for instant messaging. The intercepted message allowed “to uncover a large number of illegal activities related to cybercrime and ransomware,” allowing investigators to identify at least $7 million in revenue from cybercrime.

The Closed Access Forum has over 50,000 registered users. Stolen data sales Hacking tool. The seized data will be used to support an ongoing investigation, Europol said.