XDedic
{{short description|Ukrainian crime forum, RDP shop and marketplace}}
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xDedic was a Ukrainian-language crime forum, RDP shop and marketplace.
History
Founded some time in 2014,{{cite news|last1=Mimoso|first1=Michael|title=Inside the xDedic Hacked Server Marketplace|url=https://threatpost.com/inside-the-xdedic-hacked-server-marketplace/118713/|access-date=19 June 2016|date=16 June 2016}} it was revealed in June 2016 Kaspersky Lab report as being a major hub in the trade of compromised servers. As of May 2016, 70,624 servers were offered for sale.{{cite news|title=THE XDEDIC MARKETPLACE|url=https://cdn.securelist.com/files/2016/06/xDedic_marketplace_ENG.pdf|access-date=19 June 2016|date=15 June 2016}} Following this report, the site shut down only to quickly re-emerge on the Tor dark web.{{cite news|last1=Murdock|first1=Jason|title=XDedic: Dark Web marketplace selling access to thousands of hacked servers reopens|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/xdedic-dark-web-marketplace-selling-access-thousands-hacked-servers-reopens-1570431|access-date=5 October 2016|date=13 July 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Guerrilla|first1=American|title=xDedic is Back in Business on the Dark Web|url=https://www.deepdotweb.com/2016/07/19/xdedic-back-business-dark-web/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160719095856/https://www.deepdotweb.com/2016/07/19/xdedic-back-business-dark-web/|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 July 2016|access-date=22 December 2016|date=19 July 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Krehel|first1=Ondrej|title=The Underground Market|url=https://lifars.com/knowledge-center/xdedic/|access-date=17 June 2017|date=17 June 2017}}
Services
The compromised servers were focused on the areas of online gambling, ecommerce, banks and payment processors, online dating, advertising networks, ISP services, email service providers, web browser and instant messenger services. Various crimeware products were for sale.{{cn|date=May 2018}}
The site featured a partner portal for the secure and verified listing of compromised data and standardised backdoor to be used.
Shut down
In January 2019, American and Belgian authorities working with Europol, Eurojust and Ukraine shut down xDedic, raiding sites and seizing the domain.{{cite news |last=Katersky |first=Aaron |title=Authorities shut down illegal online marketplace xDedic |work=ABC News |date=28 January 2019 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/authorities-shut-illegal-online-marketplace-xdedic/story?id=60682672 |access-date=28 January 2019}}{{cite news |last=Cimpanu |first=Catalin |title=Authorities shut down xDedic marketplace for buying hacked servers |work=ZDNet |date=28 January 2019 |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/authorities-shut-down-xdedic-marketplace-for-buying-hacked-servers/ |access-date=28 January 2019}}
As of January 2020 the FBI are asking victims of machine take overs to come forward.{{cite news |title=Seeking Victims in the xDedic Investigation |url=https://www.fbi.gov/resources/victim-services/seeking-victim-information/seeking-victims-in-the-xdedic-investigation |access-date=16 January 2020 |date=15 January 2020}} In November 2022, a Moldovan site administrator was extradited from the Canary Islands, Spain to the United States.{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/moldovan-national-and-technical-mastermind-xdedic-marketplace-extradited-spain|title=Moldovan National And Technical Mastermind Of xDedic Marketplace Extradited From Spain|date=November 22, 2022|website=www.justice.gov}}
References
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