Flash Report: Increased Demand for X Accounts in Dark Web Forum

Key Findings

• A new shop with exceptionally high numbers of social media accounts for sale, which first began trading under the name fireaccs[.]biz on the dark web forum xss on January 4, 2024, is gaining momentum amongst threat actors. 
• On the store, X (formerly Twitter) accounts are significantly more numerous and in demand compared to other social media platforms. This is very likely indicative of their favor amongst a wide array of threat actors, given the perceived benefits of operating on X to advertise, brag, or disseminate content to a wider audience than on other platforms

  Details

  A public shop that began trading under the name fireaccs[.]biz on the dark web forum xss on January 4, 2024, is gaining momentum amongst threat actors and has exceptionally high numbers of social media accounts associated with various different platforms for sale. The thread is operated by untested threat actor “fireaccs”, who updates the shop on a daily basis to meet customer demands. As a public shop, customers are able to buy goods without negotiating with the vendor...read more!