CASE DOSSIER
alleged
Operation Cookie Monster (Genesis Market Takedown)
Docket: Operation Cookie Monster Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Opened: 2023-04-04 Sector: Consumer Accounts, Banking, E-Commerce
Key Facts
Status
ALLEGED
Legal disposition
Loss Amount
$50.0 million
Facilitated millions of unauthorized account takeover transactions across 1.5 million infected computers worldwide.
Techniques
2
Verified mappings
Defendants
0
Named in charges
- Legal Status: ALLEGED in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
- Primary Target Sector: Consumer Accounts, Banking, E-Commerce.
- Documented Financial Loss: $50.0 million.
- 2 verified MITRE ATT&CK techniques substantiated with verbatim court excerpts.
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Case Summary
Coordinated multinational takedown of Genesis Market, the world's most prominent illicit broker of stolen digital browser fingerprints, cookies, and compromised account credentials.
Procedural & Incident Timeline
2023-04-04 court_order
FBI and 17 international partner agencies seize 11 domains hosting the Genesis Market infrastructure.
2023-04-05 arrest
Over 120 arrests executed globally against Genesis Market high-volume purchasers.
Substantiated MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
| Technique ID | Technique Name & Tactic | Primary Source Evidence Excerpt | Locator | Verification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1555 | Credentials from Password Stores Credential Access | "Genesis Market marketed specialized bots that packaged stolen browser cookies, session tokens, and passwords harvested by info-stealer malware." | DOJ Seizure Affidavit ¶ 12 | reviewed |
| T1078 | Valid Accounts Defense Evasion | "Purchasers loaded stolen fingerprints into custom browser plugins to perfectly impersonate victim machines and bypass fraud detection." | DOJ Seizure Affidavit ¶ 16 | reviewed |
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