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On Thursday the FBI along with other law enforcement agencies including the Department of Homeland Security and Europol announced that it had seized the Silk Road 2, perhaps the most well-known drug market to appear on the Dark Web since the takedown of the original Silk Road last year. What it didn’t announce is that at least two other drug market sites have also been busted, and more takedowns are likely coming. The drug markets Hydra and Cloud 9 now both display the same “This Hidden Site Has Been Seized” notices as the Silk Road 2, emblazoned with the logos of the FBI and Europol. Several other popular dark net markets were down Thursday morning, as well, though they didn’t display that banner. An FBI spokesperson tells WIRED that there will be more than three market seizures in total, with the full extent of the operation set to be revealed by Friday.
The string of drug market busts appears to be part of Operation “Onymous,” a global law enforcement effort that has already led to the arrest of three people. Yesterday the FBI arrested Blake Benthall in San Francisco and accused him in a criminal complaint of running the Silk Road 2 drug site under the pseudonym “Defcon.” Two other suspects were arrested separately in Dublin, and cops say they’ve seized from them $250,000 worth of drugs and as much as $2.5 million worth of bitcoin. An FBI spokesperson confirms that the arrests are part of a “coordinated law enforcement action,” but not part of the same case.
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- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=TOR
On Thursday the FBI along with other law enforcement agencies including the Department of Homeland Security and Europol announced that it had seized the Silk Road 2, perhaps the most well-known drug market to appear on the Dark Web since the takedown of the original Silk Road last year. What it didn’t announce is that at least two other drug market sites have also been busted, and more takedowns are likely coming. The drug markets Hydra and Cloud 9 now both display the same “This Hidden Site Has Been Seized” notices as the Silk Road 2, emblazoned with the logos of the FBI and Europol. Several other popular dark net markets were down Thursday morning, as well, though they didn’t display that banner. An FBI spokesperson tells WIRED that there will be more than three market seizures in total, with the full extent of the operation set to be revealed by Friday.
The string of drug market busts appears to be part of Operation “Onymous,” a global law enforcement effort that has already led to the arrest of three people. Yesterday the FBI arrested Blake Benthall in San Francisco and accused him in a criminal complaint of running the Silk Road 2 drug site under the pseudonym “Defcon.” Two other suspects were arrested separately in Dublin, and cops say they’ve seized from them $250,000 worth of drugs and as much as $2.5 million worth of bitcoin. An FBI spokesperson confirms that the arrests are part of a “coordinated law enforcement action,” but not part of the same case.
Learn more:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=TOR