SSNDOB is an US based online market which sells the names, date of birth, social security number of around 24 million people.
Due to this, an international law enforcement operation grasped the SSNDOB market offline.
This operation was directed by the FBI, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Department of Justice, with considerate help from the Cyprus Police.
The online marketplace dragged down –
SSNDOB includes other four provinces i.e. ssndob.ws, ssndob.vip, ssndob.club, blackjob.biz which are seized as part of this operation.
This market also has multiple sites which act as a mirror of each other sites for preventing DDoS attacks or law enforcement operations.
However, the online marketplace sold Social Security numbers, date of birth and full info of people’ to cybercriminals using bitcoin.
Additionally, the press release of the Department of justice stated that, ‘A series of websites that operated for years and were used to sell personal information, including the names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers belonging to individuals in the United States.’
It continued, ‘SSNDOB Marketplace has listed the personal information for approximately 24 million individuals in the United States, generating more than $19 million USD in sales revenue’.
However, all this cheat was done for $0.50 only.
Advanced Intel statement –
Later, cybersecurity firm Advanced Intel told BleepingComputer that, ‘SSNDOB was one of the largest crime shops offering a collection of personally identifiable information for fraudsters and played an integral part in fraud schemes.’
‘The majority of the customers used the shop data for various types of scams from tax to bank fraud’, informed BleepingComputer.
“According to the few AdvIntel breach investigations, the criminals behind the shop specifically leveraged healthcare and hospital breach databases to source the supply of personal information for the fraudsters”.
Any string tied to Joker’s Stash?
In an organised report, blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis claims that they tracked $22 million in Bitcoin being paid to SSNDOB since April 2015.
Many of the transactions were worth $100,000 in Bitcoin, which indicates that some cybercriminals were buying data in bulk.
However, the most interesting details Chainalysis discovered was a connection between SSNDOB and Joker’s.
Chainalysis reported that, ‘Perhaps most interesting of all though is the activity we see between SSNDOB and Joker’s Stash, a large darknet market focused on stolen credit card information and other PII that shut down in January 2021’.
Additionally, the online marketplace sent over $100,000 worth of Bitcoin to Joker’s Stash between December 2018 and June 2019.
