Launched in late 2015, LeakedSource, the major repository that compiled public data breaches and sold access to the data, including plaintext passwords, had collected around 3 billion personal identity.
Many of them were records obtained from some of the massive data breaches that affected LinkedIn, VK, Last.fm, Ashley Madison, MySpace, Twitter, Weebly and Foursquare.
LeakedSource made those data accessible and searchable to anyone for a fee, that before it was shut down earlier in 2017 when its associated social media accounts have been suspended after the law enforcement raided its operator.
However, it was revealed that LeakedSource had another website with the same domain name hosted in Russia, and was still operating.
This led to the arrest of Jordan Evan Bloom of Thornhill, the founder of LeakedSource.
The Canadian authorities have arrested him. He was charged with trafficking in identity information, mischief to data, unauthorized use of a computer, and possession of property obtained by crime, said the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
Bloom was accused of operating the notorious website, and claimed to have earned about $200,000 by selling stolen personal identity records and associated passwords through his website.
He first appeared in a Toronto court on January 15th.
"This investigation is related to claims about a website operator alleged to have made hundreds of thousands of dollars selling personal information," said RCMP Cybercrime Investigative Team in a statement. "The RCMP will continue to work diligently with our domestic and international law enforcement partners to prosecute online criminality."
Bloom was arrested and charged on December 22, 2017, as part of the RCMP's national cybercrime division investigation, dubbed 'Project Adoration', which was assisted by the Dutch national police and the U.S. FBI.
