This move is intended to increase the cost of DoS attacks to unsustainable levels while prioritizing legitimate traffic and discouraging attack traffic. Introducing a proof-of-work mechanism will discourage attackers by making large-scale attacks costly and impractical. The Tor Project therefore encourages users to upgrade the Onion service to version 0.4.8.

When a domain is seized by the authorities, it usually always displays the same generic message - an image informing that the domain has been seized. Interestingly, the image currently displayed on this forum also shows Pompompurin's forum cartoon avatar, but in handcuffs.

Between February 22, 2016, and October 1, 2019, Mihalo and his associates also peddled their cards on other dark web marketplaces such as AlphaBay Market, WallStreet Market, and Hansa Market. Each marketplace required users to transact in digital currencies, including Bitcoin.

South Korea has listed dark web tracking, virtual asset analysis, and DDoS attacks as the three core tasks for protecting cybersecurity. The TF Task Force has been established with three departments responsible for these three tasks.

It is not yet certain whether Fitzpatrick really attempted to end his own life or whether he is still in the hospital. The only thing that can be said for sure is that suicide does not solve any problems!

"ODN" accessed the Genesis Market dark web site and found that a familiar banner image was posted on the site, stating that the organization's domain had been seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and had been shut down as part of "Operation Cookie Monster". Anyone accessing the Genesis site would see the details of the shutdown message, as well as logos from other European countries, Canada, Australia's police organizations, and Qintel, a cybersecurity company.

The experience of Tor Project in developing anti-tracking technologies over the years, such as cookie isolation and other anti-surveillance technologies, means that Mullvad Browser has been launched with very high quality. Mullvad Browser can be used with any VPN that you trust, or it can be used as a privacy-focused browser on its own without a VPN.

In cooperation with U.S. authorities, the German Federal Criminal Police Office has shut down what was allegedly the largest money laundering service on the Dark Web. Investigators seized about 44 million euros from the cryptocurrency mixer. Stolen funds from FTX are also said to have been laundered here.

The U.S. Department of Justice has dismantled an international ransomware network responsible for extorting and attempting to extort hundreds of millions of dollars from victims in the U.S. and around the world. The Hive ransomware ring has extorted hundreds of millions of dollars from more than 1,500 victims in hospitals, schools, financial companies, and critical infrastructure in more than 80 countries around the world.

Police say the sites ("BoyVids 6.0", "Forbidden Love" and "Child Porn Market") have millions of registered users, making them one of the world's largest platforms for sharing images of child abuse.