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Re:AlphaBay, the Largest Online 'Dark Market,' Shut Down by Veelox on Thursday July 20, 2017 @03:52PM (#14815720)
It is a little bit of an exaggeration, there are going to be a lot of people that will get caught and a lot that will get away. The point of the statement is to reduce confidence in dark net markets so they are more likely to fail.
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Re:AlphaBay, the Largest Online 'Dark Market,' Shut Down by hackerboos on Thursday July 20, 2017 @03:59PM (#14815758)
Hansa has already taken AB's place.
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Re:AlphaBay, the Largest Online 'Dark Market,' Shut Down by omurphy27 on Thursday July 20, 2017 @04:31PM (#14816035)
Apparently law enforcement seized Hansa a month earlier and were using it as a honeypot: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/07/after-alphabays-demise-c...
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Re:AlphaBay, the Largest Online 'Dark Market,' Shut Down by RandVal30142 on Friday July 21, 2017 @12:20AM (#14818034)
Brilliant setup. Seize both sites but only keep one down so you can document suspects migrating their criminal operations.
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Re:AlphaBay, the Largest Online 'Dark Market,' Shut Down by colecut on Thursday July 20, 2017 @04:01PM (#14815781)
....aaaand it's gone
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Re:AlphaBay, the Largest Online 'Dark Market,' Shut Down by Veelox on Thursday July 20, 2017 @04:10PM (#14815852)
I wonder if the time was intentional to allow more people to be caught.
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Re:AlphaBay, the Largest Online 'Dark Market,' Shut Down by hackerboos on Thursday July 20, 2017 @04:03PM (#14815793)
Wow it was up last night.

Are Tor hidden services compromised?

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Re:AlphaBay, the Largest Online 'Dark Market,' Shut Down by ceejayoz on Thursday July 20, 2017 @04:05PM (#14815811)
Yeah, and anyone who fled there is screwed, as it was already under the control of law enforcement. Whoops!
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