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Attempts to combat such illegal sites have brought some success

Posted December 4, 2022 by mojzismethods

However, as already noted, a significant part of the demand has been transferred to other markets. Moreover, sellers and buyers are developing new methods of communication, including using distributed technologies and encrypted messengers like Telegram and WhatsApp. Thus, operators reduce the risk of closing the entire network of trading platforms…

However, this is less than 1% of the total economic activity in the network.

Posted December 3, 2022 by mojzismethods

Today, activity in the darknet is on the rise again – analysts estimate the daily influx of bitcoins to illegal trading platforms in the amount of about $ 2 million. At the same time, most of the activity was redirected to another popular marketplace, which is currently dominant in the…

There are more hacks because it works.

Posted December 2, 2022 by mojzismethods

"Taking into account the scale with which opponents operate, it makes it difficult to protect, and therefore the stakes for exchanges and the cryptocurrency ecosystem as a whole are very high," the report says. Darknet Markets Despite the incessant attempts by law enforcement agencies to fight back against illegal activities…

In general, withdrawal of funds is often preceded by a “period of silence” lasting 40 or more days.

Posted December 1, 2022 by mojzismethods

At least 50% of the stolen funds were withdrawn within 112 days, 75% — within 168 days. The report also says that Alfa is supposedly "a huge, tightly controlled organization that is at least partly guided by intangible motivation." "Beta" is much smaller than "Alpha", it is not so rigidly…

Hacking exchanges

Posted December 1, 2022 by mojzismethods

Exchange hacks predominate over other crimes in the field of cryptocurrencies, and as Chainalysis researchers have established, two professional hacker groups dominate here. Only these two organizations, conventionally called "Alpha" and "Beta", account for about 60% of the total number of hacker attacks committed during the entire existence of the…