Fraud network uses 4,700 fake shopping sites to steal credit cards
Thousands of phony internet storefronts are being used by a financially motivated Chinese threat actor known as "SilkSpecter" to steal the credit card information of American and European online buyers.
Offering significant discounts for the impending Black Friday shopping period, which often sees increased purchasing activity, the scam effort began in October 2024.
The campaign was uncovered by EclecticIQ threat researcher Arda Buyukkaya, who told BleepingComputer that SilkSpecter was running 4,695 bogus domains at the time of their report's release read more about Fraud network uses 4,700 fake shopping sites to steal credit cards.
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