Inside Genesis: The market created by cybercriminals to make millions selling your digital identity
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Cybersecurity experts warn that a notorious hacker marketplace is being used by ransomware gangs to breach U.S. companies and government organizations.
The Genesis Market is an easy-to-use online shop that sells login credentials, cookies and device fingerprints, website vulnerabilities and other sensitive data that help hackers thwart security protocols. Security researchers warn that the market, along with other criminal sites, have become an important tool for hacking organizations to carry out these attacks. Genesis launched in 2018 and is linked to a number of recent cyberattacks, including a breach of video game publisher Electronic Arts in June of this year that resulted in the loss of sensitive data, including the source code for the game FIFA 21.Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday said it will consider the constitutionality of the Federal Communications Commission's Universal Service Fund, agreeing to review a lower court decision that upended the mechanism for funding programs that provide communications services to rural areas, low-income communities and schools, libraries and hospitals.
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