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WeLeakInfo seizure

January 2020, Fraud and stolen data
Led by Federal Bureau of Investigation

Extended pass entry, last reviewed August 21, 2026

What was taken down?

Domain seized and replaced with a law-enforcement notice.

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What happened to the people?

Officials reported 2 apprehended.
Group accounted for: Partial

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Did it stay down?

After this action the service returned on replacement infrastructure, first seen February 2020. The replacement was itself seized in a later action. High confidence in the link between the two.

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A multinational operation including US, UK, Netherlands, and Germany seized the WeLeakInfo domain, a subscription service selling access to breached personal data.

Date
January 2020
Target
WeLeakInfo, stolen data marketplace
Activity
Fraud and stolen data
Operational lead
FBI
Partners
NCA[1]
Jurisdiction
Not established
Outcome
Domain seized and replaced with a law-enforcement notice.
Status
Completed
Legal mechanism
US domain seizure warrant; coordinated with UK/NL/DE authorities.
Group accounted for
Partial

Infrastructure

1 domain seized.

1
domain seized
Identifier Recorded as Status Notes
weleakinfo[.]com 1 domain Seized, United States Primary WeLeakInfo domain.[1]

Domains and onion addresses are shown defanged. Where the record gives a count but no identifier, the count is shown in place of one. This list carries only what appears in the cited sources.

No individual is named against this entry in the cited record. That is a gap in what has been published rather than a finding that nobody was involved.

Group accounted for: Partial

The cited record does not say how large the group was or whether everyone involved has been identified.

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After this action the service returned on replacement infrastructure, first seen February 2020. The replacement was itself seized in a later action. High confidence in the link between the two.

  1. February 2020

    WeLeakInfo.to replacement service. Same service on replacement infrastructure. Confidence: High. Seized in a later action.[1]

    A replacement service using the same branding and service model appeared shortly after the original seizure; the replacement infrastructure was itself later seized by law enforcement.

    weleakinfo[.]to

February 2020

WeLeakInfo.to replacement service. Same service on replacement infrastructure. Confidence: High. Seized in a later action.[1]

A replacement service using the same branding and service model appeared shortly after the original seizure; the replacement infrastructure was itself later seized by law enforcement.

weleakinfo[.]to

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Official sources

  1. [1]
    WeLeakInfo domain seizure announcement

    US DOJ, January 15, 2020, Source grade S2

    Establishes the multinational WeLeakInfo domain seizure.

    No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.

Coverage note. Added from deep-research aggregation pass. Not independently re-verified source-by-source to the same standard as the original 38-incident core; source_quality capped at S2/P2 pending a dedicated verification pass.