The demise of the notorious Silk Road darknet market gave rise to even bigger and more nefarious online alternatives The FBI and Europol teamed up to shut down the Silk Road online dark market in 2014, but the criminals who relied on the site scrambled to other parts of the darknet to continue their nefarious … Continued
Are the cops closing in on the criminals who run darknet marketplaces? Luckbox asks the contributors to this issue Law enforcement agencies are becoming better at tracking down darknet marketeers and closing darknet markets. How are the darknet markets responding? Eileen Ormsby: The evolution has been interesting. Back in 2012, a highly confidential police memo … Continued
Illicit marketplaces hidden in the darknet are anything but dead—in fact, they’re thriving Crypto crimes and online drug markets have disappeared from the headlines but haven’t disappeared from the darknet. Darknet market activity was more pronounced last year than ever before, according to a report by blockchain analysis company Chainalysis Click here to read the … Continued
The actionable aspects of the darknet begin with embracing its dominant browser Hardly anything’s all good or all bad, and the roundly criticized anegative side, the darknet’s anonymity provides shelter for criminality of every stripe. But on the positive side, that same anonymity can aid legitimate enterprises by guarding against data breaches and protecting sensitive … Continued