Genesis Market appears to have been taken down in connection with the FBI's Operation Cookie Monster. From what we have learned it appears that the FBI has orchestrated a sweeping act against various websites that are thought to be connected to dark web and cybercrime activity.

Genesis Market homepage now lists the domain as being seized in connection with Operation Cookie Monster. This appears to be done as a result of a warrant issued by a Wisconsin court.

Reports include dozens of arrests in the United States and other countries. We are interested to see how this story continues to develop. Including 120 arrests around the Genesis Market sites. 

The Genesis marketplace has been around since late 2018, offering cybercriminals access to hundreds of thousands of so-called ‘bots’ that could be used to carry out malicious activities and bypass anti-fraud systems. 

The bots were directly related to obtaining the browsers fingerprint, using malicious malware. This particular site was an invite only organization. 

It will be interesting to see how this Operation Cookie Monster continues to unfold.