Founded some time in 2014,[1] it was revealed in June 2016 Kaspersky Lab report as being a major hub in the trade of compromised servers.

[2] Following this report, the site shut down only to quickly re-emerge on the Tor dark web.

[citation needed] The site featured a partner portal for the secure and verified listing of compromised data and standardised backdoor to be used.

In January 2019, American and Belgian authorities working with Europol, Eurojust and Ukraine shut down xDedic, raiding sites and seizing the domain.

[8] In November 2022, a Moldovan site administrator was extradited from the Canary Islands, Spain to the United States.