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FBI Surveillance of the Dark Web Uncovers Student Planning Terrorist Attack on Lisbon University Campus, Notifies Portuguese Police of Arrest
The FBI uncovered clues to the plot through an online chat room conversation on the Dark Web, where the young man, born in Battaglia, said he wanted to commit a terrorist act in Portugal. The Portuguese police were then notified. -
Europe’s largest car importer Emil Frey suffers cyber attack, hackers release some data on dark web
Europe's largest car importer, Swiss group Emil Frey, has fallen victim to a cyber attack. The data was found on the dark web and apparently customers in Switzerland and Germany were affected. -
Australian police surveillance, Dutch police undercover, suspect who tried to buy guns via dark web caught
A 41-year-old man from Delfzijl was sentenced to six months in prison, half of which was suspended, for trying to buy a gun while the police pretended to be the seller. -
After Russian FSB Arrests Members of REvil Ransomware Ring, Dark Web Chats Reveal Cybercriminals’ Inner Fears
According to Trustwave SpiderLabs, members of the underground forum believe their countries are no longer safe havens and fear arrest. Some have suggested moving their ransomware operations to India, China, the Middle East or Israel. -
New Zealand darknet market forum’s drug dealer “freshkiwiproduce” sentenced to prison
Scatchrad, who is unemployed, set up an account on TorMarket under the username "freshkiwiproduce" and advertises various drugs on the TorMarket marketplace, including MDMA, LSD, Viagra and Ritalin. -
Police shut down VPN service providers on the Dark Web, VPNLab.net website is offline
Law enforcement has taken action against the criminal misuse of VPN services. A large number of cybercriminals used VPN services provided by VPNLab.net, which police recently shut down. VPN providers' services, designed to provide shielded communications and Internet access, were used to support serious crimes such as ransomware deployments and other cybercriminal activities. -
GMAT Exam Hacking Case: Indian Police Arrest Criminal Gang Pushing Score Manipulation, Exam Hacking on Dark Web
A special team of Delhi Police recently arrested six people in a crackdown on exam cheating in Mumbai, Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan. The criminal gang advertised on the dark web to attract candidates to pay high fees and used hacking to get them to pass the exams. -
Drugs on the dark web: sent as cereal
Vienna drug investigators have arrested five suspects for trafficking marijuana on the dark web. They had grown marijuana in five locations in eastern Austria and sent it by mail. -
Russian hackers leaked confidential UK police data on the dark web after ransom demand was rejected
A ransomware group that stole some confidential information held by the British police used "phishing" to attack an IT company serving the police, demanding ransom from the IT company called Dacoll. -
Operator Who Operated Darknet Network Center in Former NATO Bunker Sentenced by German Court
For the first time, operators of dark web data centers were convicted of making illegal operations in the network possible in the first place. However, they were acquitted of charges of aiding and abetting some 250,000 crimes on the site.
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