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Generally, agencies crack messages or seize an already available encrypted communication platform to keep track of cybercriminals. Two such examples would be Encrochat and Phantom Secure, which were encrypted messaging networks. However, it turns out that, like always FBI has been a step ahead of other agencies as it took control of a full-fledged encrypted […]
A California-based man who has been selling drugs on the Dark Web in exchange for Bitcoins has been sentenced to ten years in prison. The verdict, announced by United States District Judge James V. Selna, also includes a fine of $15,000 which has to be paid by Reeves. Tyler Reeves, who is 29, has been […]
Wall Street market vendors on the dark web are urging others not to deposit their coins. As you may know, a majority of the dark web users are migrating to the Wall Street marketplace after the closure of the Dream market. Initially, this migration was successful but now a significant number of vendors are claiming […]
This could easily be termed one of the largest Fentanyl related busts in the US but this time thanks to PlayStation serial number. The federal agents captured a large heroin ring in Novi, Michigan after raiding a condominium and discovering Fentanyl in large quantity. The quantity was so much that according to DEA, it could be […]
Dream Market Drug Vendor arrived in the US to participate in a beard competition in Texas. A Dark Web drug dealer has received 240 months or 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to the crimes of laundering money and possessing controlled substances with the intention of distributing them. The convict, Gal Vallerius, is […]
In addition to making you anonymous, the Tor network also gives access to the world of Darknet where activities like selling of drugs, weapons, and other illegal stuff happen. A year-long sting operation was conducted by different US agencies including the Secret Service, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), ICE’s Homeland Security Investigation (HSI). It led to […]
Grant West, a cunning hacker who goes by the online handle of “Courvoisier” on the Dark Web has been arrested by British police. The 26-year-old hacker is known for hacking over 200 companies around the world including Apple, Asda, Uber, and Just Eat, Groupon, and Nectar etc. West not only breached the security of these companies but […]
Convict Ordered Contraband Cellphone and Mail Bomb from Dark Web to Kill Ex-Wife and Run Drug Business. Two Columbia S.C. residents Michael Young Jr. and Vance Volious Jr. have been convicted by Judge J. Michelle Childs for a number of crimes including conspiracy, exchanging explosives with the intent of killing someone, mailing a non-mailable explosive […]
A couple of weeks ago, AlphaBay and Hansa, two of the most popular dark web marketplaces were busted and seized by European law enforcement authorities. AlphaBay founder Alexandre Cazes then made it into the news by committing suicide in a Thai prison, but the fate of Hansa administration is still unknown. Those visiting the Hansa […]
Apple = 1 — U.S. Department of Justice = 0 On Monday, a federal judge went against the Justice Department and surprisingly sided with Apple Inc. The matter was related to forcing the iPhone maker firm to let investigators access data from a locked iPhone. This phone was seized during a drug investigation. The ruling […]
The drug cartels are hacking US Border Patrol drones in order to cross the US-Mexican border illegally. It has been reported by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency that drug traffickers have hacked their UAVs to cross the US-Mexican border illegally. UAVs (unmanned air vehicles) are being […]
The state of Maryland has witnessed an unusual case of package delivery; two individuals were found attempting to smuggle a few articles of contraband into the Cumberland prison, using a drone as their mode of delivery. The two men (Thaddeus Shortz and Keith Brian Russell) were located and arrested on Highway 220, which is in […]
New Breakthrough suggests that Fingerprints will soon reveal to cops if suspects are High on cocaine. According to advancement in “drug test” from the University of Surrey, UK a new, noninvasive drug test for cocaine has been devised that precisely identifies if a person has consumed cocaine or not, just through their fingerprints. The test works […]
Prison Security Breached by Drone to Transfer Knife, drugs and phones into the jail. This can easily pass as a very daring night-time action in which a drone was used to smuggle weapons, cell phones and drugs at the high profile Bedford Prison. The wicked maneuver only got identified when the remote control device got […]