The FBI expanded its search, adding a 'Dark web' shot down

According to information from many major technology forums, DeepDotWeb - a website containing Dark web-related resources and data - was completely inaccessible after the FBI's Federal Bureau of Investigation announced a check. Check the activity of this site.

DeepDotWeb is a special website, it is between the concept of 'clear' web and Dark web, not completely leaning on any side. However, the problem is that DeepDotWeb contains a lot of 'sensitive' information that can be easily found on many other Dark Web sites such as the address list of underground trading markets, hidden URLs, total news. electronic money, and many other related data. Perhaps activities that are not 'clean' on DeepDotWeb have been monitored by FBI for a long time, and this incident is not anticipated by many experts, even if there are any arrest decisions. What happens to the leadership of this site is not too surprising.

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1. A very large black web market has just been destroyed

According to the cyber security expert and the well-known technology writer Charlie Ostern, who submitted a report on the incident on the ZDNet news site, then: 'The underground trading markets, Dark web or hotspots Virtual transactions involving cybercrime are taken down by law enforcement and investigating is not too rare. However, for a website that merely contains content or sources related to Dark web like DeepDotWeb, this case is not simple at all. It shows that leadership is becoming more and more concerned about the operation of black websites, as well as the consequences they cause to society. '

At the time of writing, DeepDotWeb was not accessible, and displayed a notice of domain name seizure for investigation.

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In addition, according to ZDNet's report, based on the notice posted when you visit www.deepdotweb.com, it can be seen that the FBI has requested to close DeepDotWeb under the arrest warrant of the Minister's Office. French United States Western Pennsylvania, Intellectual Property and Crime Division of the US Department of Justice (DoJ). In addition, the investigation also involved European law enforcement agencies, they collaborated with the FBI through Europol, and a number of money laundering laws - 18 USC 1956 (h) , 981 and 982, were also mentioned in the notice.

In a related move, The Times of Israel news website reported in a May 8, 2019 report that two Israelis were arrested on suspicion of being involved in operating DeepDotWeb. This report also cited the enemy of the authorities that 'DeepDotWeb is a website contributing to facilitating the illegal trading of weapons, drugs and many other contraband products'.

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1. More than 4,000 Office 365 accounts are affected by account hijacking attacks

Originally an important excerpt from The Times of Israel report as follows:

'FBI investigators have been working with many relevant countries and enforcing arrest warrants for a number of individuals suspected of managing the Deepdotweb site, as part of an investigation. International network security targets Dark web systems worldwide. All investigated websites show signs of referring users to other darknet websites, where illegal purchases of weapons and drugs take place, stealing credit card information and many other law violations. Besides Israel, arrests were also conducted in many other countries such as France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Brazil. In Israel alone, police conducted a search and arrest of a 35-year-old citizen living in Tel Aviv and a 34-year-old Ashdod resident, both of whom were suspected of being involved in cashew activities. Deepdotweb website '.

According to reports from investigating agencies, DeepDotWeb administrators have pocketed millions of dollars in commissions through referrals to darknet users.

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1. It was GitHub's turn to be ransomed

News about the DeepDotWeb arrest comes after a series of other intense crackdowns by European law enforcement agencies such as Germany, the Netherlands, France and the United States targeting the illegal activities of Dark web. Recently, the German Federal Police Investigation Agency (with the help of Europol forces) successfully implemented a large-scale investigation campaign targeting Wall Street Market - the second largest black web market in the world. gender, arrested three suspects allegedly run the site, and confiscated a large amount of cash and electronic money related to illegal activities. Previously, another large darknet market, Silkkitie, was forced to close for investigation.