Cybercriminals made $752K by hacking vaccine marketplace

A hacker figured out a way to create fake orders which he immediately cancelled using their seller account, creating refunded funds out of thin air, which he immediately withdrew.

The hacker has taken down a vaccine marketplace being run on the Dark Web, created fake orders, cancelled them and took refund in Bitcoins worth $752,000, according to Check Point Research.

The vaccine marketplace on the Dark Net that offered those products and services is now down, due to a hack," the researchers said. Since, the marketplace went down, a hacking forum was staged on the same web address offering a variety of advertisements, with Covid-19 vaccines and vaccination documents included, and all at great discounts for promotion purposes.

To access fake 'vaccine passport' certificates, those interested just need to send their details and the money, and the seller on Dark Web will email back the fake documents for $250. Fake negative Covid-19 test results are on sale from various sellers from just $25, according to Check Point Research.

The researchers found that the dark net advertisements for Covid-19 vaccines have increased by over 300 per cent in the past three months. The sources revels that, the Covid vaccine sellers are majorly based in the US and European countries including Spain, Germany, France and Russia.