Finally, on xDedic: The FBI, along with other services from various European countries, stopped the domain and seized the xDedic servers. 
The xDedic domain was a famous online marketplace where malicious users bought and sold access on hacked servers. Three suspects were arrested in Ukraine.
The online market has been known since 2014, but it became widely known after its publication Kaspersky in June 2016.
According to the publication, the website functioned as an online marketplace, where many criminal groups either put up for sale or bought hacked servers, usually with the infringement of 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 exhibition that followed after publication (PDF) by Kaspersky, the page was also moved to Dark Web, for more 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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