Rescator

{{Short description|Ukrainian hacker}}

Rescator is the name of a Ukrainian hacker specialising in the sale of credit card details. According to Russian cyber-security consultancy Group-IB, "Rescator" ({{small|{{abbr|{{sc|AKA}}|also known as}}}} Helkern and ikaikki) runs his own marketplace at rescator.cm and uploaded over 5 million card details onto the SWIPED carder marketplace.{{cite news

|last1 = Cook

|first1 = James

|title = This Ukrainian Hacker Is One Of The Biggest Stolen Credit Card Traders On The Planet

|url = https://www.businessinsider.com/ukrainian-hacker-rescator-dominates-stolen-credit-card-industry-2014-10

|accessdate = 31 March 2019

|date = 17 October 2014

|website = The Register

|publisher = Business Insider}}

Credit card details have been stolen from places like Minnesota and the United Kingdom,{{cite news|last1=White|first1=Geoff|title=Thousands at risk from credit card fraud website|url=http://www.channel4.com/news/thousands-at-risk-from-credit-card-fraud-website|accessdate=2 August 2015|date=6 November 2014}} the website allows searches by zip code so that stolen card numbers can be cashed out more locally to their victim to avoid alerting banks.{{cite news|last1=Montemayor|first1=Stephen|url=http://www.startribune.com/out-of-state-criminals-bring-cloned-credit-card-schemes-to-twin-cities/320394061/|title=Out-of-state criminals bring cloned credit card schemes to Twin Cities|accessdate=2 August 2015|date=2 August 2015}} Unlike the now defunct Tor Carding Forums, the site is free to use, payments requiring direct Bitcoin payments to sellers without escrow features more common on darknet markets.{{cite news|last1=KIELL|title=A Carder's First Experience|url=https://www.deepdotweb.com/2014/12/11/a-carders-first-experience/|accessdate=2 August 2015|date=11 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418111640/http://www.deepdotweb.com/2014/12/11/a-carders-first-experience/|archive-date=18 April 2015|url-status=dead}} Many of the stolen details from the Target,{{cite news|last1=Schwartz|first1=Mathew J.|title=Banks Reacting Faster to Card Breaches|url=http://www.databreachtoday.com/blogs/banks-reacting-faster-to-card-breaches-p-1736|accessdate=2 August 2015|date=5 September 2015}} Home Depot and Sally Beauty{{cite news|last1=Krebs|first1=Brian|title=Deconstructing the 2014 Sally Beauty Breach|url=http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/05/deconstructing-the-2014-sally-beauty-breach/|accessdate=2 August 2015|date=May 2015}} data breaches ended up at the site.

In March 2014, the site was briefly defaced by a rival hacker.{{cite news|title=Underground Payment Card Store Rescator Hacked and Defaced|url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/Underground-Payment-Card-Store-Rescator-Hacked-and-Defaced-432598.shtml|accessdate=2 August 2015}}