Finally to xDedic: Tο FBI, μαζί με άλλες υπηρεσίες από διάφορες ευρωπαϊκές χώρες, σταμάτησαν την λειτουργία του domain και κατάσχεσαν τους servers του xDedic. 
The xDedic domain was a popular online marketplace where malicious users bought and sold access to hacked servers. Three suspects were arrested in Ukraine.
The online market has been known since 2014, but became widely known after a Kaspersky post in June 2016.
Σύμφωνα με την δημοσίευση, η ιστοσελίδα λειτουργούσε σαν διαδικτυακή αγορά, όπου πολλές εγκληματικές ομάδες είτε έβαζαν προς πώληση είτε αγόραζαν hacked servers, συνήθως με τη παραβίαση του RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol).
At the time, Kaspersky reported that the site had about 70.000 hacked servers, and the price per server was just $ 8. XDedic's hacked servers later rose to $ 85.000, dropping to $ 6, according to a Flashpoint post the 2017.
Authorities say the xDedic domain had hacked servers around the world. There were broken systems in government services, hospitals, emergency services, universities and many others.
After the huge report that followed after publication (PDF) by Kaspersky, the page has been moved to the Dark Web, for added security.
However, in her press releases Europol and FBI published today, authorities announced that they gained access to both domains and the servers that hosted the online marketplace, effectively shutting down the site and gaining access to its customer directory.
Authorities say the main infrastructure for the xDedic online marketplace was in Belgium and Ukraine. Ukrainian police, meanwhile, have announced the arrest of three suspects in connection with the case.
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