What happened to Sellix? The Operation Talent seizure, explained
In January 2025, an international law-enforcement operation seized sellix.io alongside the Cracked and Nulled forums. A timeline of what is verified, what Sellix says in its own defence, and what remains of it in 2026.
- Published
- August 1, 2026
TL;DR
Between January 28 and 30, 2025, Operation Talent, an international action against the cybercrime forums Cracked and Nulled, seized a set of domains that included sellix.io and mysellix.io. Sellix says it cooperated with authorities, insists seller funds are safe, and hoped to return. It has not: as of August 1, 2026, sellix.io does not respond, mysellix.io still shows a seizure page, and the company's statement site has not been updated since August 2025.
The timeline
January 28-30, 2025. Law enforcement across several countries takes down Cracked and Nulled, two of the largest cybercrime forums. Europol's announcement puts their combined size at "over 10 million users worldwide", and the US Department of Justice, as quoted in press coverage, says Cracked alone "had over four million users, listed over 28 million posts advertising cybercrime tools". Seized alongside the forums: cracked.io, cracked.to, nulled.to, starkrdp.io, sellix.io, and mysellix.io.
Operation Talent - This website, as well as the information on the customers and victims of the website, has been seized by international law enforcement partners.
Why was a store platform in the list? The coverage answers it: Cracked used Sellix's payment tooling. The Hacker News described it as "a financial processor named Sellix which was used by Cracked", and BleepingComputer described Sellix as a platform "that allowed users to create their own online stores, which threat actors also used to sell stolen data, software keys, and compromised accounts". A caution on sourcing: the official DOJ and Europol releases name Cracked and Nulled as the targets; Sellix's inclusion is documented in the seized-domain lists and the press coverage rather than in official release text we could verify.
What Sellix says
Sellix published an official statement at sellix.com, last updated August 17, 2025, and it is worth reading in its own words rather than through anyone's summary, ours included:
Sellix acknowledges the recent seizure of our website in connection with Operation Talent. From the very beginning, we have fully cooperated with authorities, voluntarily assisting law enforcement throughout the process.
It is likely that the future of our business has been irreparably compromised—even if, as we strongly believe, we are fully exonerated once we will be granted the opportunity to properly defend ourselves.
On the question sellers care about most, the statement is direct: "Please rest assured, no funds have been lost — your funds are safe." It also maintains that Sellix "has always operated in compliance with applicable regulations", says it ran systems "both automated and manual to detect and block the sale of illegal products and services", and advises that "merchants should consider exploring other solutions until we are back online". Note the framing: Sellix presented the move as temporary and disputes any wrongdoing. No charges against Sellix that we could verify have been made public, and the company has published nothing since.
Where things stand in 2026
sellix.io no longer resolves at all. mysellix.io still serves a page headed "This Website Has Been Seized". sellix.com hosts the statement above, untouched for almost a year. There is no relaunch, no product, and no further communication. Whatever the courts eventually say, the platform is gone in every way that matters to a seller.
What it means for sellers
Thousands of stores, many selling perfectly ordinary things like ebooks and software keys, lost their storefront, their customer records, and their checkout in one night, over an enforcement action aimed at someone else. The practical takeaways, and the platforms sellers actually moved to, are in Sellix alternatives in 2026.
The design lesson ByteSell drew from it: a platform that never holds your money cannot lose it. Payments on ByteSell settle directly to your own Stripe, PayPal, or crypto wallet, and every plan charges 0% of your sales.