Justice Department officials on Tuesday announced the largest international opioid takedown targeting drug traffickers through the darknet, which resulted in 179 arrests and the seizure of more than ...

If you wanted to buy contraband online in the last five years or so, you may have noticed that the option to pay in bitcoin — once the most popular form of payment on darknet markets — is slowly ...

An FBI agent browses a Darknet marketplace, which resembles a legitimate e-commerce site, complete with shopping carts, sales promotions, and customer reviews. (FBI photo) A Phoenix, Arizona, couple ...

Those looking to buy illegal goods usually turn to the darknet for such purchases. Now, authorities in Vienna have tracked ...

As early as the beginning of 2025, criminals used the Lockbit ransomware to steal data from over 40 schools in ...

Underground markets that sell illegal commodities like drugs, counterfeit currency and fake documentation tend to flourish in times of crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic is no exception. The online ...

It is common to hear news reports about large data breaches, but what happens once your personal data is stolen? Our research shows that, like most legal commodities, stolen data products flow through ...

Washington - One hundred and fifty people across three continents have been arrested and charged with drug trafficking and other illicit activity in a sweeping international law enforcement initiative ...

Yet despite its ominous handle, the Darknet isn’t as mysterious as you might think. In fact, some security experts say it can be an effective form of defense for a corporation to assign an IT staffer ...

They dubbed themselves online as the “rickandmortyshop” and shipped stuffed animals across the country, but federal investigators allege the suspects behind the darknet business were shipping toys ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Darknet is a system of underground servers that also serves as a playground for criminals. Its sophistication and reach have grown exponentially in recent years and parents ...

This article originally appeared on The Conversation. The internet is much more than just the publicly available, Google-able web services most online users frequent—and that's good for free ...