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07-20-2017, 10:29 PM
2 giant dark web marketplaces that sold *****, guns, and data shut down in global operation
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A huge global effort shut down a pair of huge dark web marketplaces where transactions of *****, firearms, and stolen data reportedly generated at least $1 billion.
SEE ALSO: A dark web marketplace went down, and oh boy did its customers freak out (http://mashable.com/2017/07/05/alphabay-dark-web-exit-scam/)
The FBI, DEA, the Dutch National Police, and Europol worked to take down AlphaBay and Hansa, the largest and third-largest dark web markets, respectively.*
According to a press release (https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/massive-blow-to-criminal-dark-web-activities-after-globally-coordinated-operation) from Europol, AlphaBay was home to "over 200,000 users and 40,000 vendors" with a "conservative" estimate of $1 billion in transactions.
Rumors about AlphaBay's demise had been circulating for days (http://mashable.com/2017/07/14/alphabay-bust/) after the market was shut down in early July.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/20/operation-hits-alpha-bay-hansa/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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SEE ALSO: A dark web marketplace went down, and oh boy did its customers freak out (http://mashable.com/2017/07/05/alphabay-dark-web-exit-scam/)
The FBI, DEA, the Dutch National Police, and Europol worked to take down AlphaBay and Hansa, the largest and third-largest dark web markets, respectively.*
According to a press release (https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/massive-blow-to-criminal-dark-web-activities-after-globally-coordinated-operation) from Europol, AlphaBay was home to "over 200,000 users and 40,000 vendors" with a "conservative" estimate of $1 billion in transactions.
Rumors about AlphaBay's demise had been circulating for days (http://mashable.com/2017/07/14/alphabay-bust/) after the market was shut down in early July.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/20/operation-hits-alpha-bay-hansa/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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