Finance, Personal Finance

Finance, Personal Finance

Massive dark web bust seizes $6.5 million from 179 alleged drug dealers

id=»article-body» class=»row» section=»article-body» data-component=»trackCWV»> The US Justice Department announced the largest dark web bust it has ever helped carry out, dark web markets seizing more than 1,100 pounds of drugs from 179 alleged online dealers around the world. The US worked with police in Europe to carry out the investigation, seizing more than $6.5 million […]

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Darknet crypto kingpin JokerStash retires after illicit $1 billion…

By Tom Wilson LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) – The kingpin or kingpins of the world’s biggest illicit credit card marketplace have retired after making an estimated fortune of over $1 billion in cryptocurrency, according to research by blockchain analysis firm Elliptic shared with Reuters. The «Joker’s Stash» marketplace, where stolen credit cards and identity data

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Europol says illegal marketplace "DarkMarket" taken offline

THE HAGUE, Jan 12 (Reuters) – An online marketplace called «DarkMarket» that sold illegal drugs has been taken down in an operation led by German law enforcement agencies, European police agency Europol said on Tuesday. The darknet market had almost 500,000 users with 2,400 sellers, Europol said in a statement.Transactions conducted on it in cryptocurrency

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Most weapons on the dark web come from US, study finds

id=»article-body» class=»row» section=»article-body» data-component=»trackCWV»> US guns make up as much as 60 percent of the weapons on sale on the dark web, dark darknet market onion new research has found. Related links Weapons, drugs and stolen identities are readily available on the dark web, a . To investigate where guns, ammunition and guides to their use

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Darknet crypto kingpin JokerStash retires after illicit $1 billion…

By Tom Wilson LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) – The kingpin or kingpins of the world’s biggest illicit credit card marketplace have retired after making an estimated fortune of over $1 billion in cryptocurrency, according to research by blockchain analysis firm Elliptic shared with Reuters. The «Joker’s Stash» marketplace, where stolen credit cards and identity data

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Massive dark web bust seizes $6.5 million from 179 alleged drug dealers

id=»article-body» class=»row» section=»article-body» data-component=»trackCWV»> The US Justice Department announced the largest dark web bust it has ever helped carry out, seizing more than 1,100 pounds of drugs from 179 alleged online dealers around the world. The US worked with police in Europe to carry out the investigation, seizing more than $6.5 million in cash and

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A timeline of the biggest ransomware attacks

id=»article-body» class=»row» section=»article-body» data-component=»trackCWV»> The history of technology is riddled with unintended consequences. As William Gibson wrote in Burning Chrome, «…the street finds its own uses for things.» Though Bitcoin may not have been originally conceived as a medium for ransom payments, it’s quickly become a central tool for online criminals. Ransomware, a category of

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First Silk Road. Now AlphaBay. What’s next for the dark web?

id=»article-body» class=»row» section=»article-body» data-component=»trackCWV»> A government shutdown of dark web marketplaces AlphaBay and Hansa has merchants and consumers looking for a new home. Authorities , the largest online marketplace for illegal goods, on July 4, and took down Hansa, the third largest, on Thursday. The sites, where people could buy drugs, guns and child pornography,

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