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Eugene

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Wed Apr 24, 2019, 12:55 PM Apr 2019

Another dark web marketplace bites the dust --Wall Street Market

Source: ZDNet

Another dark web marketplace bites the dust --Wall Street Market

Two major dark web marketplaces for buying illegal products shut down in the span of a month.

By Catalin Cimpanu for Zero Day | April 23, 2019 -- 22:56 GMT (15:56 PDT) | Topic: Security

Less than a month after the oldest and biggest dark web marketplace announced plans to shut down, another dark web market has "exit scammed" after the site's admins ran away with over $14.2 million in user funds.

The stolen funds belonged to criminals selling drugs, weapons, and malware, so there won't be many of our readers shedding tears for defrauded "victims."

With the Wall Street Market's exit scam, this also means that the T•chka Market is now the only major player on the once crowded dark web market scene.

WSM ADMINS RUN AWAY WITH VENDORS' MONEY

The Wall Street Market (WSM) exit scam was set into motion last week when the site's admins started moving funds from the market's main Bitcoin wallets to another location.

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Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/another-dark-web-marketplace-bites-the-dust-wall-street-market/
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German arrests as police attack dark web drugs market Eugene May 2019 #1

Eugene

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1. German arrests as police attack dark web drugs market
Fri May 3, 2019, 06:22 AM
May 2019

Source: BBC

German arrests as police attack dark web drugs market

3 May 2019

Police in western Germany have arrested three men suspected of running the world's second-largest dark net market place for illegal drugs, stolen data and malicious software.

The FBI took part in the investigation and arrested two alleged drug-dealers in Los Angeles, the German DPA news agency reported. The site - now taken down - was named "Wall Street Market".

Cash and crypto-currencies were seized.

The dark net is an internet area beyond the reach of mainstream search engines.

Dutch police and the EU police agency Europol were also involved in smashing the network. In a tweet, Dutch police say they launched the operation.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48147185
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