Tag: Darknet
Darknet marketplace wallet with over $400M BTC awakens after 9 years
A crypto wallet holding over $400 million in Bitcoin (BTC) linked to the darknet marketplace Nucleus has awakened after nine years, according to Arkha [...]
Darknet marketplace wallet with over $400M BTC awakens after 9 years
A crypto wallet holding over $400 million in Bitcoin (BTC) linked to the darknet marketplace Nucleus has awakened after nine years, according to Arkha [...]
US sanctions crypto addresses linked to Nemesis darknet marketplace
US authorities have sanctioned the operator of a shuttered online darknet marketplace, including his crypto addresses, which recently profited from Bi [...]
Two Men Charged With Running Darknet Marketplace Empire Market
Prosecutors say Thomas Pavey, 38, of Florida, and Raheim Hamilton, 28, of Virginia, owned and operated Empire Market from 2018 to 2020. During the per [...]
Alleged Owner of Darknet Narcotics Bazaar ‘Incognito Market’ Arrested in New York
U.S. authorities have arrested and charged a Taiwanese national with operating darknet drug bazaar Incognito Market, which he allegedly used to facili [...]
U.S. Seizes Drug Ring’s $54M Crypto Stash as Prisoners Hatched Big Plans for Assets
What started out as $9,000 in ETH when they first invested the drug proceeds blossomed into about $53 million, authorities said, plus a wide assortmen [...]
BTC Valued at $144M Sent to Coin Mixer From Defunct Darknet Market After Eight-Year Wait
An entity has moved 4,800 BTC ($144M) to a coin mixer from a wallet tied to defunct darknet marketplace Abraxas, which closed in 2015.
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Darknet bad actors work together to steal your crypto, here’s how — Binance CSO
Lurking in the shadiest corners of the dark web is a “well-established” ecosystem of hackers that target cryptocurrency users with poor “security hygi [...]
Darknet hackers are selling crypto accounts for as low as $30 a pop
Cybercriminals from the darkest parts of the internet are reportedly selling hacked, verified crypto accounts on the darknet for as low as just $30 ap [...]
EU-Funded Report Calls for Crypto ID Checks, Police Training to Combat Darknet Markets
Forbidding the use of cryptocurrency entirely does little to curb darknet activity, and police-led closures such as that of Hydra in 2022 tend to have [...]
Darknet Revenues Fell After Hydra’s Shutdown: Chainalysis
That was not the case for websites selling illicit goods other than drugs, for example, stolen personal data – their fortunes continued to go down. Fo [...]
US sanctions Russia’s largest darknet market and crypto exchange Garantex
The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has announced it will impose sanctions on darknet market Hydra and vir [...]
US Sanctions Russia’s Hydra Darknet, Identifies Over 100 Virtual Currency Addresses
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German Authorities Shut Down Russian Darknet Market, Seize $25M in Bitcoin
The marketplace's bitcoin privacy mixer complicated the investigation, police said.
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International Police Seize $4.9M in Crypto From Alleged Darknet Drug Traffickers
International police including the FBI-led Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (JCODE) and Europol have busted a group of 150 alleged dar [...]