“ Researchers and law enforcement intelligence officials monitoring Genesis Market’s primary
alternatives, Russian Market and 2easy Shop - sites that similarly sold browser data that allowed scammers to commit fraud - say the
takedown has had a global impact on online crime.
This was a standard move, he said, showing how little trust the underworld had for
operators who had been successfully targeted by law enforcement.
"The market right now is very much in flux," said Tóth-Czifra, who stressed that the takedown was a relatively recent event.
Even if it was real, there was no way to know if it was fully secure
following the takedown. He was previously a technology reporter for Sky News and is also a fellow at the
European Cyber Conflict Research Initiative. Its administrators had worked hard to
build its reputation and popularity across a number of the most important dark web forums, even operating their own Telegram channel, but "doubts have begun to creep in about the administration team," she said,
due to their suspicious behavior. ”