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The ringleader of selling stolen payment cards on the dark web pleaded guilty: selling the financial information of tens of thousands of people
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. -
Pompompurin, the administrator of the dark web forum BreachForum, was hospitalized after a suicide attempt
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! -
FBI secretly penetrated Hive ransomware gang’s network, Hive dark web site seized
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. -
Cybernews says 500 million WhatsApp users’ mobile data sold on the dark web; Meta denies data breach, says user data is safe
The seller of the WhatsApp dataset shared a sample of data with Cybernews researchers, with 1,097 UK and 817 US user numbers in the shared sample. cybernews investigated all the numbers included in the sample All of the numbers included in the sample and managed to confirm that all of those mobile numbers were indeed WhatsApp users. -
Z-Library had promised to continue operating on the dark web, but the dark web site mirror is now unavailable
After the domain was seized, Z-Library announced on its official blog that the platform thanked users for their support and apologized to book authors. It also stated that the repository would continue to exist, albeit in a more restricted manner on the dark web. -
Mystery of stolen bitcoins worth over $3 billion solved with discovery of popcorn cans
The U.S. Department of Justice has revealed that it seized $3.36 billion worth of bitcoins last year that were stolen from Silk Road, a notorious dark web marketplace that has been shut down. -
The world’s largest pirated e-book site Z-Library domain names were seized again, but the dark web site of Z-Library can be accessed normally
DNS records and other information for the blocked domain name indicate that the seizure of the Shadow Library Z-Library domain name was the result of cooperation between the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the U.S. Department of Justice, presumably as a result of criminal proceedings arising from the site's growing piracy problem. -
Managers of two dark web marketplaces arrested by U.S. and German police
Before law enforcement crackdowns are taken, cybercrime investigators conduct adult, technically demanding investigations into these cases in secret, and through international police cooperation and data sharing, are often able to identify and eventually arrest suspects operating anonymously on the dark web. -
Former Woodmere Mayor Sentenced in Dark Web Credit Card Skimming Scheme
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio, Smith "purchased more than 600 stolen debit and credit card accounts from the dark web, affecting victims in 25 states." -
U.S. Illegal Drug Supplier Indicted for Distributing Heroin and Cocaine via Dark Web in Exchange for Bitcoin
Defendant Edison Hernandez is alleged to have been a highly rated supplier of illegal drugs on dark web marketplaces such as Silk Road, AlphaBay, Dream Market, and WallStreet Market. From January 2013 through April 2019, Hernandez advertised and sold heroin and cocaine to U.S. customers through these dark web marketplaces.
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