“Operation SaboTor was spearheaded by the Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (J-CODE) team, an inter-agency group that coordinates the efforts of the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Department of Defense (DOD). The effort also includes partnerships with foreign entities, such as Europol. The operation lasted from January 11 to March 12 of this year and was intended to target high-volume opioid dealers on the Darknet and make a “global impact” on the opioid crisis.
Thanks to this collaboration, agents of Operation SaboTor seized $4.5 million in cryptocurrency, $2.48 million in fiat, and $40,000 in gold. In addition to seized funds, agents issued 65 search warrants, arrested 61 individuals, and confiscated 299.5 kilograms of various drugs, and 51 firearms.”
Read More: https://www.ethnews.com/fbi-and-other-us-agencies-seize-crypto-in-latest-darkweb-operation
“This week, Dream Market made the sudden announcement that it will be shutting down April 30 and transferring its services to new management. At the same time, the DEA announced a massive drug bust, leading to the arrest of 61 individuals allegedly involved in opioid trafficking over the dark web.
Forums are currently rife with all kinds of theories trying to make sense of Dream Market’s announcement and what this means for the broader darknet ecosystem.
Speculation about a law enforcement takeover is immediately on everyone’s mind, with most of the theories pointing to this potential outcome.
Soon after Dark Web News reported on Dream Market’s service changes on Wednesday, an official statement was released by one of the market’s moderators. In a post on Dread, the mod explained that the site had been experiencing DDoS attacks for the past seven weeks from a user who demanded $400,000 in payment, which the market rejected to fulfill. After attempting to fix the issue on their own, Dream Market staff came to the conclusion that the attacks were beyond their control. This, according to the moderator, was the team’s justification for changing the market’s management.”
Read More: https://darkwebnews.com/darkwebmarkets/dream-market/dream-market-shut-down-and-transfer-services/
“The DDoS attacks that Dream Market suffered, whereby the site is overloaded with web traffic in a coordinated campaign, are also consistent with the take down of other dark web markets that were also preceded by cyber attacks.
Alert: Assume that Dream Market is compromised,” dark web monitor DarkDotFail wrote on Twitter. “Today they announced they are shutting down 30 days from now, in April. Law enforcement ran Hansa as a honeypot for 30 days after seizing it. This feels very similar.”
Read More: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/dark-web-drug-dream-market-fbi-honeypot-a8843456.html?amp
More Info: https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/j-code-operation-sabotor-032619
