Microsoft, which led the effort, said it seized 330 domains that powered the phishing platform’s core infrastructure. The alleged creator was also named in a civil complaint.

The marketplace was one of the world’s largest hubs for cybercrime with more than 142,000 members. Officials identified and arrested multiple suspects after seizing the site’s database.

The sophisticated hacking effort is the latest in a long line of financially motivated malware campaigns emanating from Brazil.

The Impresa Group joins the Jerusalem Post and the largest news organization in Norway among the recent victims.

Nickel, aka APT15, Ke3chang and Vixen Panda, was snooping on government agencies and others, the company said.

The countries are joining the same week that the NATO group is holding its annual Locked Shields cyberdefense exercise.