Friday, November 7, 2014

Global operation shuts down 400-plus dark net websites, 17 people arrested

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A global coordinated police operation has shut down more than 400 hidden sites used to market illicit drugs and other products, resulting in 17 arrests.


The arrest on Thursday of Blake Benthall, the alleged operator of the online drug bazaar Slik Road 2.0, was just the beginning of a global effort called "Operation Onymous."



Authorities announced on Friday that they have taken down more than 400 websites hosted on the so-called "dark net" — a network of sites only accessible through the use of anonymizing tool Tor — and seized $1 million worth of Bitcoin, as well as $250,000 in cash, drugs, gold and silver Read more...


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from MashableLorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
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