It turned out that the terrorist organization 'ISIL' operated a mail order site for masks that got on the new corona



The terrorist organization ``Islamic State of

Iraq Levant (ISIL) '', which calls itself the ``Islamic State (IS)'', took advantage of the pandemic of the new coronavirus infectious disease (COVID-19) and PPE (personal) including masks. The US Department of Justice announced it was operating a fraudulent site dealing with ( protective equipment) .

Global Disruption of Three Terror Finance Cyber-Enabled Campaigns | OPA | Department of Justice
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/global-disruption-three-terror-finance-cyber-enabled-campaigns

ISIS Allegedly Ran a Covid-19 PPE Scam Site | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/isis-allegedly-ran-a-covid-19-ppe-scam-site/

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on August 13, 2020, in collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that it seized more than 300 crypto asset accounts that were the source of funding for several militant organizations. Among the extremist organizations whose funds were confiscated by this, the extremist organization ' Al-Qaeda ', the Islamic fundamentalist organization Hamas military division ' Izzuddin al-Kassam brigade ', and ISIL were included. ..

The Department of Justice seized more than 300 crypto asset accounts owned by militant organizations-GIGAZINE



The US Department of Justice also announced that ISIL operated a site called FaceMaskCenter.com as a front-end for funding. FaceMaskCenter.com claims that it is operated by Murat Cakar, which specializes in hacking at ISIL, and has a wide range of medical PPE, including N95 masks and protective clothing for Tyvek (Tyvek) .

In a statement, the US Department of Justice said, 'Our complaint has confiscated Cakar's site and four related Facebook pages. Due to these efforts, the United States has become more victim to people seeking PPE for COVID-19. And disrupted ISIS (ISIL)'s ongoing funding.'

Below is a screenshot of FaceMaskCenter.com released by the US Department of Justice.


by DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

At the time of article creation, even if you visit the FaceMaskCenter.com

site , you will only see the following information indicating that the domain has been seized.



FaceMaskCenter.com claimed to have been run by a public health expert and worked on PPE since 1996, before it was closed by the US Department of Justice. However, it is known that the actual domain registration was in February 2020, when the site was opened when COVID-19 began to become popular worldwide. The site also claimed that the mask was a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved product, but of course that wasn't the case.

According to a U.S. Department of Justice announcement, an American customer consulted with FaceMaskCenter.com to purchase PPE, and a Turkish-based Syrian contact said, 'Up to 100,000 masks can be sold.' However, it is not known whether the transaction actually took place.

Mark Turnage, CEO of security company DarkOwl, who is familiar with the problem of fraudulent websites related to COVID-19, told overseas media WIRED, ``I have seen many illegal trades like PPE fraud, The PPE was never delivered, and it's not surprising that ISIL entered a COVID-19-inspired PPE scam like this: they also wanted to take advantage of the pandemic It is a member of the person who did it.'

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