Collaborate Disseminate
It went down in flames, with a rogue admin blackmailing vendors and buyers and leaking login credentials and the IP address. Continue reading Dark web marketplace Wall Street Market busted by international police
Christian Rodriguez says he set up secure VoIP communications for the cartel: a system whose encryption keys he wound up giving to the FBI. Continue reading El Chapo was brought down by a sysadmin
A dark web drugs kingpin who was arrested last year when he arrived in the United States to compete in the World Beard and Mustache Championships has now been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Robert N. Scola sentenced 3… Continue reading French Dark-Web Drug Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in US Prison
In a legal extradition tug-of-war between the United States and Russia, it seems France has won the game, surprisingly.
A Greek court has ruled to extradite the Russian cybercrime suspect and the former operator of now-defunct BTC-e crypto exchange to… Continue reading BTC-e Operator, Accused of Laundering $4 Billion, to be Extradited to France
United States authorities arrested suspected dark web drug kingpin late last month while he was travelling from his base in France to the United States of America for this year’s annual World Beard and Mustache Championships.
Gal Vallerius, a 38-year-old French national, was travelling to Austin, Texas, for the competition but was caught by U.S. authorities on August 31 upon landing at
Continue reading Dark-Web Drug Dealer Arrested After He Travelled US for World Beard Championships
AlphaBay Market — one of the largest Dark Web marketplaces for drugs, guns, and other illegal goods — that mysteriously went dark earlier this month without any explanation from its admins has reportedly been shut down by the international authorities.
On July 4th, the dark web marketplace suddenly went down without any explanation from its admins, which left its customers who have paid large
Continue reading AlphaBay Shut Down After Police Raid; Alleged Founder Commits Suicide in Jail
In spite of what its own policy says, Yahoo managed to hand over 6 months of messages that conspirators in a drug trafficking case thought had been deleted. Continue reading Yahoo ordered to show how it recovered ‘deleted’ emails in drug case
On Tuesday, the Dutch Police arrested a 36-year-old man, Danny Manupassa, on suspicion of money laundering and involvement in selling encrypted smartphones to criminals.
Manupassa owns a company called Ennetcom, which provides customized Blackberry Ph… Continue reading Encrypted Smartphone Network Seized by Dutch Police for Criminal Investigation
Apple is not the only technology giant battling against authorities over a court order; Facebook is also facing the same.
Brazil’s federal police arrested Facebook Latin America Vice President for failing to comply with court orders to help investigators in a drug trafficking case that involves WhatsApp, a popular messaging app owned by Facebook that has over 100 Million users in Brazil.
Continue reading Facebook’s Vice President Arrested in Brazil for Refusing to Share WhatsApp Data