The world's largest hacking forums 'Craked' and 'Nulled', which have more than 10 million users, were destroyed in a joint operation by law enforcement agencies in eight countries

Operation Talent, an international operation conducted by Europol and law enforcement agencies from eight countries, including Germany and the United States, has destroyed two of the world's largest hacking forums, Cracked and Nulled, with more than 10 million users.

Law enforcement takes down two largest cybercrime forums in the world | Europol

Office of Public Affairs | Cracked and Nulled Marketplaces Disrupted in International Cyber Operation | United States Department of Justice

Office of Public Affairs | Cracked and Nulled Marketplaces Disrupted in International Cyber Operation | United States Department of Justice
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/cracked-and-nulled-marketplaces-disrupted-international-cyber-operation

Police seizes Cracked and Nulled hacking forum servers, arrests suspects
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-seizes-cracked-and-nulled-hacking-forum-servers-arrests-suspects/

'Cracked' and 'Nulled' were underground forums with a combined total of over 10 million users that not only discussed cybercrime topics, but also traded illegal goods such as stolen data, malware, and hacking tools, as well as offered cybercrime-as-a-service services.

From January 28 to 30, 2025, the Cybercrime Center of the German Federal Criminal Office and the Public Prosecutor's Office, the US Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the French Cybercrime Agency, the Greek Police, the Spanish National Police, the Italian National Police, the Romanian Police, and the Australian Federal Police, with the support of Europol, conducted an operation called 'Operation Talent.'

Two suspects were arrested, seven locations were searched, and 17 servers, more than 50 electronic devices, and approximately 300,000 euros (approximately 48 million yen) in cash and cryptocurrency were seized.

In addition, 12 domains related to 'Cracked' and 'Nulled' were seized, which led to the shutdown of 'Cracked' and 'Nulled', as well as the financial platform 'Sellix' and hosting service 'StarkRDP' provided by 'Cracked'.

Cracked's administrator explained on Telegram that 'the domain was seized but we do not know the specific reason' and 'we will let you know the details as soon as we have them.'