WASHINGTON — The Justice Department confirmed on Wednesday it had seized the Russia-linked online criminal marketplace Genesis Market, working in conjunction with international law enforcement and the Treasury Department.
The announcements from Justice and Treasury came a day after the FBI and a consortium of international law enforcement authorities shut down Genesis Market.
The international marketplace steals private information from victims' devices and offers it for sale, Treasury said in a release Wednesday.
"Today's takedown of Genesis Market is a demonstration of the FBI's commitment to disrupting and dismantling key services used by criminals to facilitate cybercrime," FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a statement.
"Treasury will continue to work closely with our law enforcement colleagues to disrupt this activity and hold malign cyber actors accountable."