LeakBase’s “Chucky” detained in Russia

TASS reports that police detained a Taganrog resident suspected of administering LeakBase, a major international hacker/data-leak platform that operated a credit and user-rating system supporting cybercriminal activity; the platform was seized on March 4 and a researcher has identified the suspect as Artem Kuchumov (“Chucky”), though law enforcement has not confirmed his identity or the reason for the arrest.