I’m shutting down the website.
It’s been becoming more and more clear to me that the website is being used as a port of illegitimate business and crime rather than an effective Open-Source Intelligence tool.
I have heard many amazing stories while running the search site. My favorite comes from a user who got their non-paying roommate evicted by exposing their fake name (signed on a lease) and fraudulent internship by searching through records on search.illicit.services.
It’s dramatically improved lives for some people, however it’s been possibly detrimental to others. Illicit quickly grew popular in the Doxxing and sim-swapping community, and in retrospect, with the name “illicit services”, no wonder. I stood by the name for a while because it was funny, and it was known worldwide. I stood with it for too long. While I understand the desire to make a quick buck resonates with some, I don’t support these acts. They’re immoral and wrong.
The thing that finally tipped me off was a credits deposit from the email “simswapped@[redacted]”, which led me to think: “am I really someone who takes money from or supports people like this?” No.
So… If you had a significant amount of unused credits left, shoot me a PM with your wallet ID. I’ll refund you the best I can.
From here on:
- All access logs will be deleted after sending this message. I never have had any interest in what you searched for, it will not be sold, no matter who asks.
- The original data sets and converted data will be kept in cold storage and inaccessible to the public. If you are a legitimate business or part of the Intelligence Community (Allied with the United States) and need this data, shoot me a message at [email protected]. While I won’t share aggregated leaks shared to me in confidence (BreachForums CDN, naz.api), everything else is fair game.
- Export downloads will be available for 5 more days, after which they may be deleted
- I will move on to other big data projects, I have plans, but no promises.
Love you all, have a good night. And be nice to each other, please (:
