Darknet News

The SEC has taken action against a Californian man for fraudulently offering insider stock trading tips on a darknet marketplace.

The proceeds of crypto crime fell by more than $5 billion in 2020, due to increasing regulatory compliance by crypto exchanges and declining scams.

The admin of a well-known darknet market link provider claims its donation address was flagged as suspicious after it criticized Chainalysis' KYT flagging system.

Anonymous sources claim that President Trump is sympathetic to the Free Ross campaign and is considering clemency for the Silk Road founder.

CipherTrace speculated that the anonymous user made the transactions “to stay up to date with the Bitcoin network,” but it may have been hacked.

Recent exit scams have displaced the users of darknet markets, with Eastern European-only platform Hydra now the largest worldwide.

With new technologies evolving, criminals find easier ways for illicit activities — that is the dark side of anonymity and decentralization.

A new report from Chainalysis has found that Eastern Europe is responsible for more darknet activity and ransomware volume than any other region.

‘Criminals cannot hide behind technology to break the law,’ a US attorney stated.

Two Costa Rican residents were charged for selling drugs worth $270 million on the darknet.

Cellebrite released a new cryptocurrency tracer tool that gives law enforcement and analysts the ability to track illicit crypto transactions.

The NCIS has seen an uptick in darknet purchases using Bitcoin. Blockchain analytic firms discuss procedures to combat crypto-related crimes, along with emerging challenges.

Data for 142 million hotel guests is being sold via the dark web.

Digital Shadows warned that over 15 billion credentials are exposed on the dark web for sale and some of them are even available for free.

Crypto itself has only been around for a decade, and the space has already gained its top Ponzi scheme actors. Here are three of them.