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The Rise and Fall of Cyber Criminals: A Tale from Cape Coral

In December 2019, a seemingly peaceful life was disrupted when a couple in Cape Coral, Florida, experienced a shocking intrusion. After a cheerful FaceTime call with their son, their Christmas-decorated home was suddenly subjected to the loud siren of a Ring security camera. Confused and concerned, the husband searched for the source of the alarming sound, only to discover that his Ring account had been hacked.

The hacker, a seemingly malicious individual, began to hurl racial slurs at the husband while further demanding that he access a specific website. This site, intriguingly named n.to, would turn out to be a portal to one of the largest cyber criminal operations in internet history: a digital marketplace for hackers.