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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 ]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 November 2024. 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 ...
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 ...
Dread is a popular community hub which has been described as a "Reddit-style forum" and the successor of the seized DeepDotWeb for discussion around market law enforcement activity and scams. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It came to prominence in 2018 after Reddit banned several darknet market discussion communities, rapidly reaching 12,000 registered users ...
Hydra is a Russian language dark web marketplace, founded in 2015, [1] that facilitated trafficking of illegal drugs, financial services including cryptocurrency tumbling for money laundering, exchange services between cryptocurrency and Russian rubles, [2] and the sale of falsified documents and hacking services. [3]
The dark web, also known as darknet websites, are accessible only through networks such as Tor ("The Onion Routing" project) that are created specifically for the dark web. [12] [15] Tor browser and Tor-accessible sites are widely used among the darknet users and can be identified by the domain ".onion". [16]
Archetyp or Archetyp market is a darknet market that was launched in May 2020. [citation needed] It operates on the Tor network and is therefore only accessible via a specialized browser. All transactions are conducted using Monero, a cryptocurrency designed to be private. [2] Archetyp only accepts drug-related listings. [3] [4]
In January 2023, the Moriarty channel appears on Youtube. On it, an unknown man in a black suit and mask introduces himself as the creator of the Mega darknet market, talks about drug cartels and advertises his platform. [7] And in the Moscow metro, ads of the Mega site began to appear with a QR code to go to the site.