News with the tag "darknet markets"

In a significant move against illicit cryptocurrency activities, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has just announced urgent crypto sanctions targeting 49 digital addresses. These addresses are reportedly tied to Behrouz Parsarad, the administrator of the ...

On June 26, 2024, the U.S. government transferred 3,940 bitcoins, valued at $243 million, originating from a darknet market dealer. This batch of BTC was directed to an exchange address tagged as Coinbase. U.S. Law Enforcement Moves 3,940 Bitcoin The U.S. government executed this transfer of 3,940 B...

Numerous reports have detailed that a darknet marketplace (DNM) by the name of Tor2door reportedly pulled off an exit scam, making off with a “massive crypto escrow balance.” Discontent began brewing among Tor2door users when the site vanished from the deep web on September 14, 2023, as per narrativ...

Cybersecurity researchers have found tens of thousands of devices storing Chatgpt credentials that have been infected with info-stealing malware. The account details have ended up being sold on the dark web, they said, pointing out that the Asia-Pacific leads by number of such offers. Increase of Co...