Irish health system struggling to recover from cyberattack

LONDON (AP) – Ireland´s health system was still struggling to restore its computers and treat patients on Tuesday, four days after it shut down its entire IT system in response to a cyberattack. Thousands of diagnostic appointments, cancer treatment clinics and surgeries have been canceled or delayed since a ransomware attack on Friday.Authorities said hundreds …

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Wife freed while husband jailed pending trial for Bitcoin laundering

An alleged fraudster dubbed The Crocodile of Wall Street over claims she laundered $4.5 billion in has been freed on bail  – but her husband darknet sites has been ordered to stay in jail.   Heather Morgan was freed by a judge Monday, pending trial by a federal court.But her husband Ilya Lichtenstein remains behind bars …

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U.S. announces international crackdown on DarkNet opioid trafficking

By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) – An international operation targeting trafficking in opioids on a clandestine part of the internet called the darknet market has led to about 150 arrests in the United States and Europe and the seizure of drugs, cash and guns, U.S.and dark web darknet market links European authorities said …

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Self-proclaimed 'Crocodile of Wall Street' and husband granted bail

The self-proclaimed ‘Crocodile of Wall Street’ and her husband have been granted bail set at $3million and $5million respectively after being arrested for allegedly laundering $4.5billion in stolen in the 2016 Bitfinex exchange hack.  Ilya ” Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife, Heather Rhiannon Morgan, 31, who raps under the name Razzlekhan, were arrested on Tuesday …

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The largest dark web market for illegal goods is no more

id=”article-body” class=”row” section=”article-body” data-component=”trackCWV”> Two of the three largest dark web markets are closed for business. The Department of Justice and Europol announced Thursday that they have that served hundreds of thousands of customers trying to get their hands on illegal goods online. While you or I can easily buy groceries, electronics and clothes online, …

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Wife freed while husband jailed pending trial for Bitcoin laundering

An alleged fraudster dubbed The Crocodile of Wall Street over claims she laundered $4.5 billion in has been freed on bail  – but her husband has been ordered to stay in jail.   Heather Morgan was freed by a judge Monday, pending trial by a federal court.But her husband Ilya Lichtenstein remains behind bars due to …

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Darknet crypto kingpin JokerStash retires after illicit $1 billion…

By Tom Wilson LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) – The kingpin or kingpins of the world’s biggest illicit credit card marketplace have retired after making an estimated fortune of over $1 billion in cryptocurrency, darknet market sites according to research by blockchain analysis firm Elliptic shared with Reuters. The “Joker’s Stash” marketplace, where stolen credit cards …

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Germany shuts down darknet platform specializing in drugs

BERLIN (AP) – German investigators on Tuesday shut down a Russian-language darknet marketplace that they say specialized in drug dealing, darknet marketplace seizing bitcoin worth 23 million euros ($25.3 million). Prosecutors in Frankfurt described the “Hydra darknet market” platform as the world’s biggest illegal darknet market marketplace.They said they seized its server infrastructure in Germany. …

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Crypto crime hit record $14 billion in 2021, research shows

By Tom Wilson LONDON, dark web market list Jan 6 (Reuters) – Crime involving cryptocurrencies hit an all-time high of $14 billion last year, blockchain researcher Chainalysis said on Thursday, a record that comes as regulators call for more powers over the fast-growing sector. Crypto received by digital wallet addresses linked to illicit activity including …

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The largest dark web market for illegal goods is no more

id=”article-body” class=”row” section=”article-body” data-component=”trackCWV”> Two of the three largest dark web markets are closed for business. The Department of Justice and Europol announced Thursday that they have that served hundreds of thousands of customers trying to get their hands on illegal goods online. While you or I can easily buy groceries, electronics and clothes online, …

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