February 17, 2020

Police bust alleged operator of Bitcoin mixing service Helix

The Ohio man is charged with running a Bitcoin mixer to launder over $300m—now worth $3.6b—on behalf of Dark Net crooks trying to hide out.

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October 04, 2018

Cop charged with selling phone tracking service on dark web

A French police officer has been charged with using police intelligence data to power a mobile phone tracking service sold via the dark web.

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August 24, 2018

Top dark web drug vendors nabbed by ‘Operation Darkness Falls’

The DoJ announced arrests, charges and guilty pleas as part of Operation Darkness Falls, which involved several government agencies.

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July 02, 2018

Fake Bitcoin exchange traps drug dealers on the dark web

You never know who you’ll meet on the dark web. In the case of one money laundering operation, it turned out to be Homeland Security agents.

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July 31, 2017

Dark Web criminals caught after reusing passwords

Dark web encryption can't save you from yourself

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July 21, 2017

Global police swoop shutters Hansa and AlphaBay dark web markets

Two key marketplaces for illegal drugs go dark as it's revealed that Dutch police secretly ran Hansa for a month during its investigation

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July 07, 2017

News in brief: fears as online bazaar goes dark; Tesla to build biggest battery; EU move on right to repair

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

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December 03, 2015

Robot that was “busted” for buying drugs on the Dark Web is back

Random Darknet Shopper, an experimental bot that purchases random objects on the Dark Web, is back from hiatus.

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