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 […]
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) – An international operation targeting trafficking in opioids on a clandestine part of the internet called the darknet market has led to about 150 arrests in the United States and Europe and the seizure of drugs, cash and guns, U.S.and European authorities said on Tuesday. The crackdown, called […]
By Sarah N. Lynch and Raphael Satter WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (Reuters) – The FBI arrested a husband and wife on Tuesday morning, alleging they conspired to launder cryptocurrency stolen from the 2016 hack of virtual currency exchange Bitfinex, and darknet markets onion said law enforcement has already seized over $3.6 billion in cryptocurrency tied to […]
id=”article-body” class=”row” section=”article-body” data-component=”trackCWV”> At least, that’s what a . Why? Because 36.4% of the 1.66 million computers survey had LimeWire, a popular peer-to-peer (P2P) program installed. Guilty by association? I have LimeWire installed on my Mac. This doesn’t make me a thief. In fact, dark market onion websites I’ve bought a wide range of […]
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, […]
BERLIN (AP) – German prosecutors announced Monday they have busted one of the world’s biggest international darknet market platforms for child pornography, used by more than 400,000 registered members. Frankfurt prosecutors said in a statement together with the Federal Criminal Police Office that in mid-April three German suspects, said to be the administrators of the […]
THE HAGUE, Oct 26 (Reuters) – At least 150 people have been arrested by European and U.S.authorities after a joint crackdown on traders of drugs, weapons and other illicit goods on darknet e-commerce sites, Dutch media reported Tuesday citing police agency Europol. Cash and cryptocurrency worth 26.7 million euros ($31 million) and 234 kilograms of […]
Hackers have stolen the source code for Electronic Arts (EA) games including and tools like the ‘Frostbite’ engine that powers titles such as the ‘Battlefield’ series. The California-based video game company acknowledged the cybercrime on Thursday June 10, Share this article Share EA also said that it was ‘actively working with law enforcement officials and […]
LONDON (AP) – Ireland´s health system was still struggling to restore its computers and treat patients on Tuesday, four days after it shut down its entire IT system in response to a cyberattack. Thousands of diagnostic appointments, cancer treatment clinics and surgeries have been canceled or delayed since a ransomware attack on Friday.Authorities said hundreds […]
