Government release
U.S. Leads Seizure of One of the World’s Largest Hacker Forums and Arrests Administrator
United States Department of Justice, April 12, 2022. Domain seizures, indictment of Diogo Santos Coelho, forum scale.
- Source type
- Government release
- Published
- April 12, 2022
- Research grade
- P1
- Used in entries
- 9
Bibliographic record
- Publisher
- United States Department of Justice
- Published
- April 12, 2022
- Source type
- Government release
- Research grade
- Source grade P1
- Language
- English
- Official record
- Official publication
- What it supports
- Domain seizures, indictment of Diogo Santos Coelho, forum scale
- Dataset id
- src_doj_raidforums_2022
How this source is used
Cited 9 times across 4 record types.
The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards.
Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 23, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here.
Cited by
Takedown records
1 citation
Cited on the takedown record itself.
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Operation TourniquetPrimary source
Fraud and stolen data, April 2022
Organization roles
3 citations
Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.
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Federal Bureau of InvestigationPrimary source
Operational lead, Operation Tourniquet
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United States Secret ServicePrimary source
Investigating, Operation Tourniquet
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United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of VirginiaPrimary source
Charging, Operation Tourniquet
Legal actions against people
2 citations
Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.
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Diogo Santos CoelhoPrimary source
Charged, Operation Tourniquet
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Diogo Santos CoelhoPrimary source
Extradition requested, Operation Tourniquet
Infrastructure
3 citations
Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.
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raidforums[.]comPrimary source
Domain seized, Operation Tourniquet
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rf[.]wsPrimary source
Domain seized, Operation Tourniquet
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raid[.]lolPrimary source
Domain seized, Operation Tourniquet