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A person suspected of being the administrator for the Russian language cybercriminal forum xss.is was arrested in Ukraine this week, the French public prosecutor's office and the pan-European police body Europol said on Wednesday. Europol said the suspect, whose name has not been given, was thought to have earned more than 7M euros ($8.20M) via the forum.
"The forum's administrator was not only a technical operator but is believed to have played a central role in enabling criminal activity," a Europol statement said. "Acting as a trusted third party, he arbitrated disputes between criminals and guaranteed the security of transactions. He is also believed to have run thesecure.biz, a private messaging service tailored to the needs of the cybercriminal underground," it added.
Europol said the cybercrime forum had more than 50,000 registered users and served as a key marketplace for stolen data, hacking tools and other illegal services. The suspect was arrested in Kyiv on Tuesday in a police operation involving Ukrainian authorities, according to French police and Europol.