The Darknet Cat and Mouse Game: Law Enforcement Gains More Traction

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For a while, after the Silk Road was taken down it seemed like law enforcement officials and many three-letter entities had a hard time keeping up with the myriad of DNMs that popped up afterward. But now authorities are seemingly getting much better, as they are busting vendors and users multiple times a week and claim to use blockchain analysis tools. Further DNM advocates saw the loss of two of the largest darknet markets last year — Hansa and Alphabay. Adding insult to injury, the authorities didn’t just take Hansa down — they took it over for over a long period of time, collecting information on all the vendors and users who visited, many of which flocked to Hansa after the Alphabay’s website went dark. Then, while DNM patrons were scurrying to find new vendors and markets, the firm Reddit shut down the most popular darknet market subreddit giving the ecosystem another low blow.

Telegram Groups & Market[.]ms

The DS researchers have also found another alternative marketplace gaining popularity called market[.]ms which was created by the founding members of the highly regarded Exploit[.]in hacking forum. Even though market[.]ms has a modest membership count compared to markets like Dream, the sophisticated platform is getting more attention.These covered a range of services, including cashing out, carding and cryptocurrency fraud.

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