The Latest: News from the Underworld
Authorities seize 3.3 billion cryptocurrency connected with Silk Road dark web fraud
In connection with the Silk Road Dark Web Fraud, the U.S. Attorney has announced a historic $3.36 billion cryptocurrency seizure and conviction. Over 50,676 Bitcoin were discovered hidden in devices in the home of the defendant, James Zhong, in November 2021. Zhong...
Dark Web drug ringleader to spend 9 years in prison
On November 2, the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg released a statement announcing that the kingpin of a dark web drug trafficking operation had been given a nine-year state prison sentence. According to the DA's office, Chester Anderson, 48, laundered $2.3...
Australian company took half a year to disclose darknet data breach
Why it took one of Australia's largest pathology services five months to inform its patients that their data had been stolen and distributed to the dark web is being questioned by cybersecurity experts. Australian Clinical Labs (ACL) disclosed Monday that it had been...
Creator of "The Real Deal" Darkweb Market site arrested
The U.S. Department of Justice filed charges against a well-known British hacker on Wednesday for allegedly running the now-defunct "The Real Deal" dark web marketplace. Daniel Kaye, 34, the defendant (also known as Bestbuy, Spdrman, Popopret, and UserL0ser), is...
"Germany on the Deep Web" Admin Arrested
The darknet marketplace "Germany on the Deep Web" was the main point of contact for drug trafficking for several years. Now the suspected operator of the illegal platform has been arrested. The investigation against the alleged administrator of "Germany on the Deep...
Market of the Week: Heineken Express
Named after the famous beer, Heineken Express is one of the oldest and most successful darknet vendor shops on the darknet. It has been around for many years and specializes in drugs of all kinds. Heineken Express is similar to vendor shops like The Grass Company but...
Report: Dark Web Intelligence Market expected to reach $1.3 billion by 2028
A report "Global Dark Web Intelligence Market Size, Share & Industry Trends Analysis Report By Industry Vertical, By Component, By Deployment Model, By Enterprise Size, By Regional Outlook and Forecast, 2022 - 2028" has just been made available. Because of its...
Killer hired on the darknet strikes twice
A hired assailant shot eight times into the main room of a house in rural Pennsylvania in January. Several rounds are seen being fired into a home in surveillance video from the incident that was given to NewsNation. Patrick McGovern-Allen, who is 21 years old, is the...
Average Pricing for digital accounts on the darknet
Whizcase has published a report about darknet pricing for digital accounts. While the surrounding article focuses on highlighting the dangers of digital accounts, details of the report are very useful for darknet users as they show the expected price range for digital...
Buying firearms on the darknet: This never ends well
According to evidence presented in court, a murder suspect looked up "legit ways to buy a firearm" on the dark web. At Oxford Crown Court, prosecutor Vanessa Marshall KC to the jury that on January 10, a month before Mark Meadows is claimed to have fatally stabbed...