Hansa Market

A Russian criminal mastermind used his bitcoin currency exchange to launder $4 billion from a vast network of interlocking syndicates engaged in public corruption, identity theft, ransomware extortion, dark web drug deals and a raft of other global cybercrimes, federal prosecutors allege. A grand...

Two of the largest marketplaces on the dark net are now no more. This week, U.S. and European officials announced they have shut down both AlphaBay and Hansa Market, two of the largest online black markets in the world. The dark net is a concealed part of the internet that users access via special...