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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 February 2025. Defunct darknet marketplace AlphaBay AlphaBay login screen Type of site Darknet market Available in English Owner DeSnake Created by DeSnake Revenue Over USD$23M (total over operation) Commercial Yes Registration Required Users 400,000+ Launched September 2014 Current status Offline ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 March 2025. 2011–2013 darknet market Silk Road Item description page Type of site Darknet market Available in English Owner Ross Ulbricht (pseudonym Dread Pirate Roberts) URL Old URL: silkroad6ownowfk.onion (defunct) [failed verification] New URL: silkroad7rn2puhj.onion (defunct) [failed verification ...
The figure of 414 dark net sites, which was widely reported internationally, and appeared in many news headlines, [17] [18] [19] was later adjusted without explanation to "upward of 50" sites. [13] [20] [21] The true figure is thought to be nearer to 27 sites, to which all 414 .onion addresses direct.
Operation Bayonet was a multinational law enforcement operation culminating in 2017 targeting the AlphaBay and Hansa darknet markets. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Many other darknet markets were also shut down. [ 4 ]
Hansa was an online darknet market which operated on a hidden service of the Tor network. On July 20, 2017, it was revealed that it had been compromised by law enforcement for several weeks before closing shortly following AlphaBay as a culmination of multinational law enforcement cooperation in Operation Bayonet. [2] [3]
A darknet market is a commercial website on the dark web that operates via darknets such as Tor and I2P. [1] [2] They function primarily as black markets, selling or brokering transactions involving drugs, cyber-arms, [3] weapons, counterfeit currency, stolen credit card details, [4] forged documents, unlicensed pharmaceuticals, [5] steroids, [6] and other illicit goods as well as the sale of ...
Agora was a darknet market operating in the Tor network, launched in 2013 and shut down in August 2015. Agora was unaffected by Operation Onymous, the November 2014 seizure of several darknet websites (most notably Silk Road 2.0). [3] After Evolution closed in an exit scam in March 2015, Agora replaced it as the largest darknet market. [4]
On May 2, 2023, both the Department of Justice and Europol released the results of Operation SpecTor. In the United States, the Department of Justice's J-CODE team (with international partners) introduced the results of SpecTor, which was a monumental success, ranking the most arrests ever for any J-CODE operation. [11]