The Latest: News from the Underworld
Indigo refuses to pay ransom – employee data to be published
The largest chain of bookstores in Canada, Indigo, claims it will not pay a ransom to the "criminals" behind the ransomware attack last month and anticipates that data about current and past employees will start to surface on the "dark web" as early as Thursday. There...
Darknet Dealer charged for selling counterfeit pills
A Pennsylvania man has been accused with operating a drug trafficking business on the dark web and using cryptocurrencies to launder counterfeit proceeds in a Washington court. The 25-year-old Jacob Blair is also accused of possessing fentanyl and methamphetamine in...
Royal Mail data on the dark web after ransomware attack
In an effort to demand millions of pounds from Royal Mail, hackers with ties to Russia have uploaded 44 terabytes of data that were taken from the corporation via a ransomware attack. On Thursday afternoon, the LockBit gang made the stolen data available via its dark...
Beware of new darknet malware "Stealc"
Recent observations on the dark web suggest that the new information-stealing malware "Stealc" is searching for both its next victim and its next client. A threat actor going by the name of "Plymouth" was recently uncovered by cybersecurity experts from SEKOIA to be...
Dark Web Drug Ring Laundered $7.2M With Cryptocurrency
A Queens-based drug ring promised "STEALTH" as they shipped 10,000 drug packages. Now, five people face drug charges, prosecutors said. A massive bust took down a New York City-based dark web drug ring that laundered $7.2 million by cryptocurrency and shipped more...
Darknet Markets slow to recover after Hydra's demise
As the former enormous Hydra Market fell as a result of coordinated actions by authorities in Germany and the United States, the blockchain analytics company Chainalysis released a new research outlining the dynamics of darknet markets and fraud businesses. The...
MTU data leaked on the dark web following a cyberattack
Munster Technological University will start as scheduled on Monday with classes proceeding according to the current timetables, after confirming on Sunday that information stolen in a recent cyberattack was made available on the dark web. On Sunday, the university...
Drug Trade on the Dark Web slightly rebounding
Fraudsters and illicit digital drug dealers made much less money last year than they did in 2021, though 2022 was still a record year for total stolen in crypto hacks. A new Thursday report by blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis says that year-over-year revenue from...
$1 Million credit card theft on the darknet
Over $1 million was stolen by a group using hundreds of credit cards that were offered for sale on the dark web, in a story that reads like a screenplay. Following a federal indictment by the U.S. Department of Justice, some information on this intricate criminal...
Investigators shut down child abuse darknet platforms
Investigators have shut down three platforms on the darknet in the fight against the spread of depictions of sexualized violence against children. Several suspects had been arrested. Bavarian investigators have succeeded in striking a blow against operators of...