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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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Owner of Incognito dark web drugs market arrested in New York

The alleged owner and operator of Incognito Market, a dark web marketplace for selling illegal narcotics online, was arrested at the John F. Kennedy Airport in New York on May 18.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 20, 2024
- 03:36 PM
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Admin of major stolen account marketplace gets 42 months in prison

Moldovan national Sandu Boris Diaconu has been sentenced to 42 months in prison for operating E-Root, a major online marketplace that sold access to hacked computers worldwide.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 15, 2024
- 12:07 PM
- 0
Germany takes down cybercrime market with over 180,000 users

The Düsseldorf Police in Germany have seized Crimemarket, a massive German-speaking illicit trading platform with over 180,000 users, arresting six people, including one of its operators.
- Bill Toulas
- March 01, 2024
- 11:45 AM
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- January 18, 2024
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US charged 19 suspects linked to xDedic cybercrime marketplace

The U.S. Department of Justice announced the end of a transnational investigation into the dark web xDedic cybercrime marketplace, charging 19 suspects for their involvement in running and using the market's services.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 05, 2024
- 04:16 PM
- 0
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
New cybercrime market 'OLVX' gains popularity among hackers

A new cybercrime marketplace, OLVX, has emerged and is quickly gaining new customers looking to purchase tools to conduct online fraud and cyberattacks.
- Bill Toulas
- December 13, 2023
- 07:00 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
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
- 0
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- June 06, 2023
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Malicious Microsoft VSCode extensions steal passwords, open remote shells

Cybercriminals are starting to target Microsoft's VSCode Marketplace, uploading three malicious Visual Studio extensions that Windows developers downloaded 46,600 times.
- Bill Toulas
- May 17, 2023
- 12:37 PM
- 1
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
Automated dark web markets sell corporate email accounts for $2

Cybercrime marketplaces are increasingly selling stolen corporate email addresses for as low as $2 to fill a growing demand by hackers who use them for business email compromise and phishing attacks or initial access to networks.
- Bill Toulas
- December 08, 2022
- 11:22 AM
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