The Tor Carding Forum is a darknet forum specializing in the trade of stolen credit card details, currency counterfeiting, and identity theft. Founded by 'Verto,' the forum is a shady haven for criminals who are looking for easy and quick cash forum carding. Its creators were known to operate on the darknet and had links to dozens of other criminal forums.

Russian crime groups were among the first to use carding forums. The forums are usually invitation-only, and members need to be vouched in order to gain access. As a result, many users are unable to access them. Fortunately, the Russian government is taking action. A number of people have already been arrested and charged with selling stolen credit card numbers on these forums.

One of the biggest issues with these forums is that the staff members are willing to steal from their users. Some are even selective about who they target, but the majority of them are looking to make money and get as much money as they can. The forum's staff members are clearly in it for the long haul, and they are taking advantage of those who are OPSEC naive.

Carding is an easy entry point into cybercrime because it requires little technical knowledge. Many carding forums have a market section where users can sell and buy stolen credit card data. To become a vendor, vendors must submit two samples, which are vetted by the forum's admin. Among the items available for sale are ATM skimmers, credit card dumps, and cloning machines.

In addition to selling stolen credit cards, card cracking forums are also a source of stolen identity information. Carding forums are often anonymous, with TOR routing, which makes it hard to trace the attacker. The attackers then use the stolen data to make small purchases on a variety of payment websites. The payment processing process is carried out thousands of times to test the card numbers against the various merchant payment processes.

Cybercriminals operate in the shadows, using illegal markets to trade stolen goods and illicit services. Carding forums are a well-known market place for this, though there is little empirical evidence on the identities of the sellers. Existing research focuses on forum structure, expert interviews, and data from forums that have been closed down. However, this study is the first to use empirical data from a large scale and on an active carding forum.

The prices of stolen credit card information vary, depending on the amount of information contained in the records. The most valuable records contain security codes, names, addresses, and dates of birth. The "for sale" announcement was discovered by Gemini Advisory, an investigative firm carding forum. The company issued a statement following the findings.

While carding can be a legitimate form of fraud, it is dangerous for businesses and their reputations. The internet is home to countless carding forums where criminals trade stolen card information with the intention of making a profit. The data is often split by country and type of card and sold to wholesalers. Once stolen, the data can be used to open new accounts or change billing addresses.