Deep web news source Darknetlive reported that the person or organization routinely performing distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against darknet black markets reached out to their administr...
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Russian Darknet Markets, Ransomware Groups Thrive Despite Sanctions, Report – Bitcoin News
Russian marketplaces on the dark web have continued to operate despite Western sanctions and efforts to shut them down, according to a report accessing the illicit blockchain space amid the world’s “f...
Here’s How Darknet Markets Scrambled for Users After Hydra’s Collapse: Report
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has published a new report detailing the dynamics of darknet markets and fraud shops after the former giant Hydra Market collapsed due to joint actions from autho...
Crypto crime and Darknet in line with Chainalysis-The Cryptonomist
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has compiled a new report regarding crypto crime, crime involving cryptography, with a particular focus on Darknet marketplaces and fraud stores that have been fi...
Top darknet resource likely served a subpoena: the canary stopped singing
Darknetlive — recognized as one of the top resources for darknet users by the FBI, Europol and the Australian Institute of Criminology — has most likely been served a subpoena. Darknetlive — a website...
Russia-linked Darknet Market Solaris Hacked as per Elliptic
15 mins ago | 2 mins read Bitcoin News Authorities had shut down Hydra, the prior leader in this sector, in April of last year. The Russian-speaking underground market is a primary focus for Kraken. A...
Darknet Market Solaris Hacked by Competitor, Elliptic Reveals – Bitcoin News
A leading marketplace on the dark web, Solaris, has been hit by a rival, according to crypto analytics company Elliptic. The Russia-linked platform, which tried to occupy space vacated by the busted H...
The deep ties between Binance, Bitzlato, and darknet market Hydra
On Tuesday, Binance was named as one of the three largest counterparties for crypto exchange Bitzlato, in a US Treasury order that prevents any covered financial institution from sending funds to the ...
Dread, a Darknet Forum to Relaunch: Recovers from DDOS
Dread experienced a DDOS attack and has been down ever since. It is a go-to forum for discussion on various topics on Darknet. The team will be able to give ETA in a week. Web portal darkdot.com an...
Darknet Forum Dread to Relaunch After Month-Long Downtime Due to DDOS Attack – Bitcoin News
According to web portal darkdot.com and anonymous journalist Darkdotfail, the popular darknet forum Dread has been down for a month. The well-known forum, which was a place for darknet market (DNM) pa...
Ukrainian Steals Bitcoin From Russian Darknet Market, Donates to Charity – Bitcoin News
A Ukrainian living in the U.S. has reportedly hacked a major drug market on the Russian dark web, diverting some of its crypto proceeds. The man says he donated the digital cash stolen from the illici...
4 Years After the 2017 Law Enforcement Takedown, Alphabay Is Once Again the King of Darknet Markets – Bitcoin News
Following the demise of the largest darknet marketplace (DNM) in mid-July 2017, the underground market Alphabay returned in August 2021, and during the last year, Alphabay has managed to once again re...
Darknet Use of Dogecoin on the Rise
A new report published by cryptocurrency sleuth Elliptic sheds light on the darker side of Dogecoin The Bitcoin parody became more popular with nefarious actors in 2021 London-based firm has detected ...
Hydra Loses Head: Russia Collars Mastermind Of The World’s Biggest Darknet Marketplace
Russian officials arrested on Friday the suspected co-founder of the world’s biggest darknet bazaar – Hydra – a week after German and US authorities shut down the platform. According to local media so...
Russia backpedals on crypto legalization amid Hydra darknet shutting down
Russia, Ukraine, war, and crypto – these words have collided with a force that few expected to see in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, a new shock development in Russia has thrown previous the...
Germany shut down the Hydra Darknet Market, seized servers and funds in Bitcoin
German Law Enforcement agencies have targeted a leading darknet market, Hydra, as part of the operation with cooperation from the US. One of the largest darknet marketplaces, Hydra Market, has been s...
US Treasury Department Sanctions Russian Darknet Market and Crypto Exchange
Hydra Market is the largest and most widely used darknet market in the world. It was founded in 2015 and offers services such as ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), hacking, counterfeit currency, illicit ...
Russian Darknet Marketplace Hydra Shut Down, $25M in Bitcoin Seized
Federal police have closed down the servers of a Russian darknet marketplace, Hydra, which experienced a sales boom during the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 5, according to a statement from the German F...
US, Germany Sanction Russian Darknet Marketplace Hydra, Seize Bitcoins
The authorities in the United States and Germany have imposed sanctions on Russia-based Hydra Market (Hydra), which has been labeled as the world’s largest and most prominent darknet market. The annua...
US sanctions world’s largest darknet market, Russian crypto exchange
The US Treasury has announced its latest sanctions targeting Russian cybercrime, this time against the largest darknet market in the world. On Tuesday the Treasury announced sanctions on Hydra market ...
US sanctions Russia’s largest darknet market and crypto exchange Garantex
The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has announced it will impose sanctions on darknet market Hydra and virtual currency exchange Garantex. In a Tuesday anno...
Germany Halts Russian Darknet Marketplace Hydra, Confiscates $25 Million in Bitcoin
Frankfurt’s Central Office for Combating Cybercrime (ZIT) and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) conducted a joint operation against the Russian Darknet Marketplace “Hydra Market.” The authoriti...
Germany Seizes $25M in Bitcoin in Darknet Marketplace Bust
Key Takeaways German authorities have shut down the Russian darknet marketplace Hydra Market. According to a statement, the police have seized Hydra’s server infrastructure and confiscated aroun...
Darknet dealer sentenced to 8 years prison, forfeits $2.3m in Bitcoin
Bitcoin worth $2.3m has been forfeited by darknet dealer Binh Thanh Le He lives in Brockton, Massachusetts, and started the EastSideHIgh darknet market The sentence was a clear message to all the dea...
Which coin dominates the darknet market space? Surprisingly, it’s not Monero
An interesting development in cryptocurrency-based darknet markets bewildered the industry last year when imprisoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht sold his first NFT for $6.2 Million to fund his rel...
Russia shuts down darknet sites that had made $263 million in crypto
advertisement Four darknet “carding” websites that accepted crypto payments have reportedly been shut down by Russian officials. The affected platforms are Trump’s Dump, Sky-Fraud forum, UAS Store, an...
Darknet, condanna al proprietario di DeepDotWeb
DeepDotWeb was a website that connected Internet users to Darknet markets, where illegal firearms, malware, hacking tools, heroin, fentanyl, and other illicit goods could be purchased. DeepDotWeb the ...