An international law enforcement coalition seized the infrastructure of one of the largest active darknet marketplaces and arrested its two alleged administrators in a coordinated operation.
The marketplace hosted more than 40,000 listings for stolen credit cards, compromised credentials, narcotics and off-the-shelf hacking tools, facilitating an estimated $180 million in transactions since its launch.
Investigators located the servers through blockchain analysis and an undercover operation in which agents posed as high-volume vendors. Cryptocurrency wallets containing $34 million were seized alongside the servers.
Users attempting to access the site now encounter a seizure banner. Authorities warned that buyer and vendor data recovered from the servers will fuel follow-on prosecutions for months to come.
