Justice Department seizes infrastructure used by cyber scam and criminal marketplace

2026-06-23T20:51:43Zb1cdb84b10c373dae4b7defcf989452106058d0f9a11d37d1dbbae566cff133a
Accenture-acquisitionsEvil CorpFortiSandboxFortinetHuione GroupNo-FAKES-ActSocGholishTeamPCPactive-exploitationbotnet-takedowncriminal-chargescybercrime-marketplacesdeepfakesexecutive-ordersfrontier-AI-threatsindustrial-cybersecurityinfrastructure-seizurelaw-enforcementpost-quantum-migrationsupply-chain/opensrc

What happened

Multiple high-impact developments: the U.S. Justice Department seized infrastructure linked to a cyber scam and criminal marketplace (actions tied to Cambodian company Huione Group and coordinated Treasury action), and prosecutors charged an Algerian operator for running two marketplaces selling stolen financial credentials and phishing kits. Authorities and industry disrupted Evil Corp’s SocGholish botnet (106 servers taken down, ~15,000 infected sites remediated). Security firms reported active exploitation of critical Fortinet FortiSandbox vulnerabilities disclosed in April. Separately, U.S

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Evidence and limitations

Source ID
cyberscoop
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b1cdb84b10c373dae4b7defcf989452106058d0f9a11d37d1dbbae566cff133a
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2026-06-23T20:51:43Z
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