Admin of major stolen account marketplace gets 42 months in prison

March 15, 2024 at 12:12PM Sandu Boris Diaconu, a Moldovan national, has been sentenced to 42 months in prison for operating E-Root, an online marketplace selling access to hacked computers globally. Faces supervised release and extradition, and has been linked to more than 350,000 credentials for sale, impacting global victims. The illicit platform facilitated cybercriminal … Read more

Admin behind E-Root stolen creds souk extradited to US

October 20, 2023 at 03:47PM Sandu Diaconu, a Moldovan national, has been extradited from the UK to the US to face trial for allegedly operating the illicit marketplace E-Root. The marketplace specialized in selling access to compromised servers and facilitated various illegal activities, including ransomware attacks and fraud. The investigation uncovered over 350,000 compromised credentials … Read more