Dark web

Europol announced an ongoing partnership with international law enforcement from to target buyers and sellers of illegal items on the dark web.

According to a report by research and risk assessment firm Digital Shadows, this scam was committed through a wide array of “sextortion” blackmail strategies, which included the weaponization of emails.

This week, dark web kingpins fell to the law, a few new cryptocurrency funds were launched, and a new Ethereum token standard was created.

In a nationwide bust, U.S. federal officials have confiscated some 2,000 bitcoin (valued at just over $12 million) from 35 dark web drug lords and arms dealers.

In a newly published paper on the use of bitcoin for illegal activity, researchers from the University of Sydney, the University of Technology Sydney and...

A recent study (PDF) from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance and blockchain analytics company Elliptic explored the...

Following law enforcement raids in three countries took down the website, the alleged administrator has committed suicide in a Thai prison.

AlphaBay, the most popular market on the dark net, has been offline since July 4. Its absence has since resulted in users looking for alternative underground marketplaces.

Ross Ulbricht’s legal defense filed a reply to the government as part of his appeal this week. On behalf of Ulbricht, who was sentenced...

This week, the Chinese yuan has devalued to a four-year low against the U.S. dollar while BTC/CNY exchange rate has risen from 1,633 yuan...