“No cards = no work = no money”: Russian law enforcement’s assault on carding platforms

Executive summary: The report details coordinated law‑enforcement actions in early 2022 that led to arrests of alleged carding operators and the seizure of multiple carding platform domains (including UniCC and others). It captures forum-level reactions, community concern over platform reliability, speculation about future moves (e.g., migration to Telegram or temporary market disruption), and discusses implications for the carding economy and operational security among threat actors.