DarkMarket closed shop recently. If you have not heard from them, do not worry too much. This website, which operates from different places worldwide managed to join all sorts of credit card crooks and provided different levels of seller verification, escrow services, and malware consulting.

It finally went offline and its owners put in custody, thanks to the efforts of different law enforcement units throughout the world. It is, in moments like these, that the combined efforts of the IT security industry and law enforcement can really be appreciated.

For cybercriminals, it is, of course, just a drop in the ocean, and I am sure the underground will recover (in fact, it has probably already done so) but this is definitely a step toward the right direction and that feels reassuring.

The arrest of these two individuals, one in London and the other in Turkey, sends a message to all cybercrooks out there—that no matter where you are, you are not above the law. More information about this story can be found in the Guardian.