Authorities Fully Behead Hydra Dark Marketplace

German authorities have taken down the Hydra marketplace – a popular destination on the Dark Web for trading in illicit goods and services, including cyberattack tools and stolen data. This week, they were able to commandeer and take offline underpinning infrastructure such as servers, plus insta...

Authorities Take Down World's Largest Illegal Dark Web Marketplace

Europol on Tuesday said it shut down DarkMarket, the world's largest online marketplace for illicit goods, as part of an international operation involving Germany, Australia, Denmark, Moldova, Ukraine, the U.K.'s National Crime Agency NCA, and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI. At the...

Authorities Take Down World's Largest Illegal Dark Web Marketplace

Europol on Tuesday said it shut down DarkMarket, the world's largest online marketplace for illicit goods, as part of an international operation involving Germany, Australia, Denmark, Moldova, Ukraine, the U.K.'s National Crime Agency NCA, and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI. At the...

Darkmarket Founder Gets 56 Months in Jail

Renukanth Subramaniam, 33, who had previously plead guilty was sentenced to 46 months for conspiracy to defraud and 10 months for five counts of mortgage fraud, the terms to run consecutively. Also sentenced was Darkmarket user John McHugh, 66, who had the sign in “Devilman” and created fake cred...

Founder of DarkMarket Faces Hefty Jail Time

A former London pizza delivery man, Renukanth Subramaniam, 33, faces a 10-year prison sentence after admitting he helped found the notorious DarkMarket forum for computer crime. Read the full article. The Register...