Criminal online marketplace selling 80m sets of stolen information taken down

Users trying to access the site are now greeted with a page emblazoned with the FBI investigation name Operation Cookie Monster.

Internet users trying to access Genesis Market are now greeted with a message from the FBI (NCA/PA)

A criminal online marketplace selling millions of sets of stolen personal information for as little as 56p per entry has been taken down in an international crackdown.

The sting, led by the FBI and Dutch police and involving law enforcement agencies across 17 countries, including the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), took Genesis Market offline on Tuesday evening.