Notorious hacker Daniel Kaye arraigned for allegedly running dark web marketplace

The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday arraigned a notorious hacker for alleged connections to The Real Deal, a dark web market that sold hacking tools and stolen login credentials for U.S. government computers.

U.K. national Daniel Kaye is accused of operating the platform and facilitating the sale of stolen information – including bank account and credit card details, as well as other personal information; illegal drugs; weapons; botnets; computer hacking tools; and credentials for social media accounts. He previously served more than two-and-a-half years in a British prison for perpetrating a devastating distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on Liberia, among other crimes.

U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia Ryan K. Buchanan said the 34-year-old allegedly ran the site while living overseas and organized it under categories like “Exploit Code,” “Counterfeits,” “Drugs,” “Fraud & More, “Government Data,” and “Weapons.” Vendors could make pages and get ratings based on the quality of what they sold. The Justice Department said the site featured login credentials for computers at the U.S. Navy, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Postal Service, National Aeronautics and Space Administration and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.