NCA: “We have Taken down 400 Dark Net Sites”

Posted by: DeepDotWeb

November 7, 2014

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Keep checking the other posts in this chain of event at: Silk Road 2 Bust Tag
The story is ongoing and the posts are being updated as we learn more details

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Update: Far from the original number of 414 seized hidden services and lower even than the number 27 provided to the New York Times, the FBI told Forbes that it had seized 27 actual sites but 414 .onion addresses that all go to the same sites. According to Forbes, this is the final list of the seized site, Divided into overlapping categories:

Sites who sells narcotics (i have added 2 markets):

• Alpaca
• Black Market
• Blue Sky
• Bungee 54
• Cabbabis UK
• Cloud Nine
• Dedope
•  Farmer1
• Hydra
• Pablo Escobar Drugstore
• Pandora
• Silk Road 2.0
• Smokeables
• Tor Bazaar
• flugsvamp
• Topix 2

Sites who sold Fakes / Credit cards:

• Cloud Nine
• Fake Real Plastic
• Hydra
• Pandora
• Pay Pal Center
• Real Cards Team
• The Green Machine
• Zero Squad.

Money Counterfeits:

• Alpaca, Blue Sky
• Cloud Nine
• Fast Cash!
• Hydra
•  Pablo Escobar Drugstore
• Sol’s Unified USD Counterfeit’s
• Super Note Counter
• The Hidden Market
• Zero Squad

Fake Identity documents:

• Alpaca
• Black Market
• Fake ID
• Pablo Escobar Drugstore
• Pandora, Silk Road 2.0
• The Hidden Market.

Note: At far as we know, at least some of the listed sites are not really live sites but scam sites.

The Criminal Complaint:

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The most recent update about operation Onymous that resulted in the confirmed takedown of: Silk road 2 , Hydra Market, Cloud 9 Market, and the OLD cannabis road forums and market,  The National Crime Agency have posted a statement claiming that during the recent operation which is still ongoing – 400 DeepWeb sites were taken down and multiple people arrested, We could not confirm – manually or otherwise that 400 “known” Tor sites were taken down.  This is the statement:

Coordinated activity by law enforcement in Europe and the US has targeted market places for illegal commodities on the dark web – the ‘hidden’ areas of the internet.

The National Crime Agency, working with police forces across the UK, arrested six people yesterday in strikes coordinated with international partners.  Those arrested include suspected administrators for the online drug market place Silk Road 2.0 and another drug market place, as well as significant vendors of illegal drugs through the dark web.

Simultaneously, partners from the European Cybercrime Centre – acting on intelligence developed by US counterparts – took out technical infrastructure which is key to the hosting of illegal market places on the dark web. In total over 400 dark web sites were taken down.

The six people arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of controlled drugs were a 20-year-old man from Liverpool city centre, a 19-year-old man from New Waltham, Lincolnshire; a 30-year-old man from Cleethorpes; a 29-year-old man from Aberdovey, Wales; a 58-year-old man from Aberdovey, Wales; and a 58-year-old woman from Aberdovey, Wales. All six were interviewed and have been bailed pending further enquiries.

A large amount of computer equipment was seized at all the addresses searched and will now be forensically examined.

The action yesterday by the NCA and partners across Europe and America is part of continuing operations to target the use of online market places to trade in illegal commodities such as class A drugs, firearms and false documents. Anyone who tries to access Silk Road 2.0 will now see a notice highlighting the site has been seized.

Roy McComb, Deputy Director of the National Crime Agency, commented:

“Over the months since the original Silk Road was taken down, we have been working with partners in the US and Europe to locate technical infrastructure, key to the dark web and to investigate individuals suspected of significant involvement in illegal online market places. Those arrested by the NCA in this phase of the operation are suspected of setting up Silk Road 2.0, or of being significant vendors of illegal drugs.

“The operation is ongoing and more arrests can be expected as we continue to investigate those involved in setting up and profiting from these illegal market places. Criminals like to think that the dark web provides a safe, anonymous haven but in reality this is just like any other organised crime network. It may take time and effort to investigate and build a criminal case, but we are determined to identify and prosecute people caught dealing drugs and committing serious crime using the dark web.”

We Will keep following and updating as more info becomes available

Keep checking the other posts in this chain of event at: Silk Road 2 Bust Tag
The story is ongoing and the posts are being updated as we learn more details

Updated: 2014-11-07