Latest Darknet news

Empire Market owners charged for enabling $430M in dark web transactions

Two men have been charged in a Chicago federal court for operating "Empire Market," a dark web marketplace that facilitated over $430 million in illegal transactions between February 2018 and August 2020.
- Bill Toulas
- June 17, 2024
- 02:47 PM
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Darknet marketplace Nemesis Market seized by German police

The German police have seized infrastructure for the darknet Nemesis Market cybercrime marketplace in Germany and Lithuania, disrupting the site's operation.
- Bill Toulas
- March 22, 2024
- 12:12 PM
- 1
BidenCash darkweb market gives 1.9 million credit cards for free

The BidenCash stolen credit card marketplace is giving away 1.9 million credit cards for free via its store to promote itself among cybercriminals.
- Bill Toulas
- December 21, 2023
- 10:40 AM
- 0
German police takes down Kingdom Market cybercrime marketplace

The Federal Criminal Police Office in Germany (BKA) and the internet-crime combating unit of Frankfurt (ZIT) have announced the seizure of Kingdom Market, a dark web marketplace for drugs, cybercrime tools, and fake government IDs.
- Bill Toulas
- December 20, 2023
- 09:38 AM
- 0
E-Root admin faces 20 years for selling stolen RDP, SSH accounts

Sandu Diaconu, the operator of the E-Root marketplace, has been extradited to the U.S. to face a maximum imprisonment penalty of 20 years for selling access to compromised computers.
- Bill Toulas
- October 19, 2023
- 06:42 PM
- 1
Ex-Navy IT head gets 5 years for selling people’s data on darkweb

Marquis Hooper, a former U.S. Navy IT manager, has received a sentence of five years and five months in prison for illegally obtaining US citizens' personally identifiable information (PII) and selling it on the dark web.
- Bill Toulas
- October 18, 2023
- 04:47 PM
- 3
Cybercriminals train AI chatbots for phishing, malware attacks

In the wake of WormGPT, a ChatGPT clone trained on malware-focused data, a new generative artificial intelligence hacking tool called FraudGPT has emerged, and at least another one is under development that is allegedly based on Google's AI experiment, Bard.
- Bill Toulas
- August 01, 2023
- 10:08 AM
- 0
SSNDOB cybercrime market admin faces 15 years after pleading guilty

A Ukrainian man, Vitalii Chychasov, has pleaded guilty in the United States to conspiracy to commit access device fraud and trafficking in unauthorized access devices through the now-shutdown SSNDOB Marketplace.
- Bill Toulas
- July 27, 2023
- 02:08 PM
- 0
Man charged in US for running 'Monopoly' darknet drug market

A 33-year-old man from Serbia has been extradited from Austria to the United States to face charges of running a criminal darknet narcotics marketplace called "Monopoly Market."
- Bill Toulas
- June 26, 2023
- 09:54 AM
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Police operation 'SpecTor' arrests 288 dark web drug vendors and buyers

An international law enforcement operation codenamed 'SpecTor' has arrested 288 dark web vendors and customers worldwide, with police seizing €50.8 million ($55.9M) in cash and cryptocurrency.
- Bill Toulas
- May 02, 2023
- 10:40 AM
- 1
New dark web market STYX focuses on financial fraud services

A new dark web marketplace called STYX launched earlier this year and appears to be on its way to becoming a thriving hub for buying and selling illegal services or stolen data.
- Bill Toulas
- April 05, 2023
- 05:29 PM
- 0
Illegal Solaris darknet market hijacked by competitor Kraken

Solaris, a large darknet marketplace focused on drugs and illegal substances, has been taken over by a smaller competitor named 'Kraken,' who claims to have hacked it on January 13, 2022.
- Bill Toulas
- January 18, 2023
- 02:21 PM
- 0
Darknet drug markets move to custom Android apps for increased privacy

Online markets selling drugs and other illegal substances on the dark web have started to use custom Android apps for increased privacy and to evade law enforcement.
- Bill Toulas
- January 09, 2023
- 03:13 PM
- 0
Student arrested for running one of Germany’s largest dark web markets

The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) in Germany have arrested a 22-year-old student in Bavaria, who is suspected of being the administrator of 'Deutschland im Deep Web' (DiDW) 3, one of the largest darknet markets in the country.
- Bill Toulas
- October 28, 2022
- 11:52 AM
- 0
New dark web markets claim association with criminal cartels

Several new marketplaces have appeared on the dark web, claiming to be the dedicated online portals for notorious criminal cartels from Mexico.
- Bill Toulas
- August 10, 2022
- 07:12 PM
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New 'BidenCash' site sells your stolen credit card for just 15 cents

A recently launched carding site called 'BidenCash' is trying to get notoriety by leaking credit card details along with information about their owners.
- Bill Toulas
- June 20, 2022
- 11:02 AM
- 0
U.S. sanctions crypto-exchange Garantex for aiding Hydra Market

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office has announced sanctions against the cryptocurrency exchange Garantex, which has been linked to illegal transactions for Hydra Market.
- Bill Toulas
- April 06, 2022
- 08:49 AM
- 0
Germany takes down Hydra, world's largest darknet market

The servers of Hydra Market, the most prominent Russian darknet platform for selling drugs and money laundering, have been seized by the German police.
- Bill Toulas
- April 05, 2022
- 08:14 AM
- 1
Notorious AlphaBay darknet market comes back to life

The AlphaBay darkweb market has come back to life after an administrator of the original project relaunched it over the weekend.
- Ionut Ilascu
- August 12, 2021
- 01:07 PM
- 0
Saudi Aramco data breach sees 1 TB stolen data for sale

Attackers have stolen 1 TB of proprietary data belonging to Saudi Aramco and are offering it for sale on the darknet. The Saudi Arabian Oil Company, better known as Saudi Aramco, is one of the largest public petroleum and natural gas companies in the world. The sales price, albeit negotiable, is set at $5 million.
- Ax Sharma
- July 19, 2021
- 08:02 AM
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