Russia Takes Down 4 Carding Sites With Over $260 Million in Crypto Turnover
Law enforcement in Russia has blocked major sites on the dark web, including a carding market leader. The platforms have been seized amid ongoing investigations into hacking groups, with Russian authorities ramping up efforts to dismantle the cybercrime rings and detain their members. Interior Ministry of Russia Hits Stolen Credit Cards Market The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (MVD) has brought down four prominent websites operating on the dark web, blockchain forensics firm Elliptic has revealed. The sites have been blocked by Directorate “K”,....
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A court in Ekaterinburg, Russia has effectively lifted the ban to Bitcoin-related websites blocked in January by authorities. The Sverdlovsk Oblast court has accepted the appeal of the blocked sites and dismissed the demands of the prosecutor’s office to leave the ban in place. The Bitcoin community in Russia feels that it efforts to win the struggle have paid off. The founder of BTCsec.com, Ivan Tikhonov, called the court decision “a victory for the Bitcoin community, our mutual victory.” “As a participant in the process, I am very happy with the court’s decision,” Tikhonov told....
The Russian Bitcoin Ban is still incoming, so it seems. Russian telecom regulator Roskomnadzor has finally acted on a court order from 2014. Russia is currently blocking access to several (seven at last count) Bitcoin-related sites. These websites have been blocked because Bitcoin contributes to the growth of the shadow economy." Some feel that this is just a warm-up for the upcoming Russian Bitcoin ban. Last year, Russia's Ministry of Finance revealed a full draft of their proposed Russian Bitcoin Ban legislation. Russia's stated goal has been to ban Bitcoin by 2015, despite some....
CCFR has informed us that more bitcoin sites were blacklisted, including three .ru domains - coinspot.ru, hasbitcoin.ru and bitcoinconf.ru. Russia's media watchdog has blocked access to a number of bitcoin-related sites, citing a court order from 30th September. The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) allows visitors to check whether or not a site is blacklisted. At press time, Bitcoin.org, Bitcoin.it, BTCsec.com and bitcoin exchange Indacoin were blacklisted. According to TJournal.ru, Roskomnadzor cited a ruling of the....