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Skynet Market Founder Pleads Guilty
A US man who ran one of the largest carding sites on the darknet pleaded guilty to eight charges against him yesterday. Michael D. Mihalo, […]
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Why Using Monero on Darknet Markets in a No-Brainer
In this article we explain why you should be using Monero for any darknet market purchase, how it works compared to Bitcoin and most other […]
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High Bitcoin Fees Stir Renewed Push for Monero Use on Darknet Markets
Several darknet markets and vendors are asking their customers to make payments in Monero instead of Bitcoin as BTC transaction fees have skyrocketed over the […]
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Tor Merges Proof of Work to Combat DDOS Attacks
After several years in development, the Tor Project successfully merged its proof-of-work function yesterday into the main branch of the Tor software package. This means […]
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Author of Drug Users Bible Announces Free E-Book Version on Dread
A free e-book version of The Drug Users Bible is proving to be quite popular on Dread, where it has remained stickied to the forum’s […]
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Study: Psychedelic-Producing Species Are the Most Popular Wildlife Sold On the Dark Web
A recently-published analysis of wildlife listings on darknet markets posted between 2014 and 2020 concluded that the most commonly traded species was a South American […]
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Top 5 Darknet Market Exit Scams of All Time
It’s a well-known fact that no darknet market lasts forever. There are simply too many things that could go wrong with an unregistered, unregulated market […]
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Operation SpecTor Nets 288 Monopoly Market Buyers and Vendors
In a first-of-its-kind multi-national law enforcement effort, Europol announced on Monday, May 3 that they had arrested 288 suspected vendors and buyers associated with the […]
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Bohemia Celebrates 2nd Birthday
One of the world’s largest and most successful darknet markets, Bohemia, turned two years old today, celebrating what it estimates to be over 730 days […]
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Long-Time Dream Vendor Who Also Sold Drugs From Home Sentenced
A US man who admitted to selling over two kilograms of MDMA on a darknet market was sentenced to 42 months in prison last week. […]
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Vice City Pauses Deposits, Exit Scam Potentially Underway
Several users of Vice City are taking to the Dread forum to report problems with the market, ranging from not being able to log in […]
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India Narcotics Bureau Continues Crackdown on Darknet Ecstasy Imports
As part of an ongoing ramp-up against the distribution of recreational drugs in the country, two residents of Mumbai, India were arrested last week after […]
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Scotsman Sentenced to 5 Years After Buying Gun from US Darknet Market Vendor
A Scottish man who purchased a pistol and ammunition from a darknet market will spend a minimum of five years in prison after pleading guilty […]
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Viral Video Shows Police Unplug USB Drive During Incriminating TailsOS Session
Bodycam footage of an Australian police officer pulling out a USB drive that appears to be running TailsOS while the computer’s owner is actively logged […]
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Silk Road Thief Sentenced to 1 Year, Gives Up $3.4 Billion in BTC
The US man who orchestrated a theft of more than 50,000 BTC from the original Silk Road escrow wallet in 2012 was sentenced to one […]
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Fake Oxy Vendor ‘KingofKeys’ Sentenced to 78 Months
A former vendor of the Vice City darknet marketplace will spend six and a half years in prison after being sentenced for charges related to […]
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Fentanyl Vendor Who Used Abbreviation of Real Name Pleads Guilty
A US man pleaded guilty on Thursday, Apr. 6 to 12 charges related to distributing various opiates while operating as a vendor on the former […]
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One Year After Hydra, Russian-Language DNMs Resilient as Ever
Last Weds, April 5 marked the one-year anniversary of the takedown of Hydra, the Russian-language darknet market that had the distinction of not only being […]
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119 Arrests Made in Connection with Genesis Market
One of the world’s largest and most sophisticated marketplaces for stolen account data was dealt a significant blow on Weds, April 5, as the FBI […]
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Elude Exchange Staff Reports Exit Scam
Long-time anonymous BTC/XMR exchanger and coin mixer Elude is seemingly in the midst of conducting an exit scam, per warnings posted by a whistleblowing staff […]
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New Details About 2012 Silk Road Theft Emerge as US Gov Sells Off Stash
A court document filed on Mar 31 outlining the US government’s plan to sell 51,351 Bitcoin confiscated from Silk Road exploiter James Zhong has shed […]
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Kingdom Market Celebrates 2nd Birthday
The admins and community liaisons of Kingdom Market took to various social media platforms last week to announce the two-year anniversary of the founding of […]
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Lawsuit: Binance Let Known Hydra Users Return With New Accounts
A civil lawsuit filed by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed yesterday against the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, alleges the exchange violated […]
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Final Member of PolarSprings Vendor Team Sentenced
The last of three individuals behind the PolarSprings darknet market vendor name was sentenced on Weds, Mar 22, convicted of conspiracy to distribute 400 grams […]
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Top 10 Darknet Markets for 2023
In this review, we take a look at ten of the world’s biggest and most popular darknet markets, providing a summary of each market, some […]
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BreachForums Taken Offline by Admin, May Re-Emerge as Telegram Group
One week after the arrest of BreachForums founder and admin Conor Brian Fitzpatrick – who went by the name pompompurin online – the forum was […]
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US Man Who Resold Guns Had 10 Pounds of Darknet Market-Bought Weed, Sentenced to Five Years
A 41-year-old U.S. man was sentenced on Weds, Mar 23 to 64 months in prison for charges related to drug possession and the illegal resale […]
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Tor Market Announces Temporary Closure
Admins behind the longest-running English-language darknet market, Tor Market, stated last Thursday their intentions to temporarily close shop for a period between two and six […]
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BreachForums Founder Arrested, Site Remains Online
The creator of one of the world’s largest forums for stolen database sales was arrested last Wednesday, Mar 15th after being on the scope of […]
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ChipMixer Seized Along With $46 Million in BTC, Operator Identified
One of the world’s largest and longest-running Bitcoin mixers was taken offline yesterday as US federal investigators cracked the anonymity of its principle operator. Charges […]