March 29, 2024
Daily Briefs
Justice Department announces shutdown of cyber ‘dark market’
The Justice Department has seized what it calls the largest online criminal marketplace, AlphaBay, allegedly used to distribute malware and other computer hacking tools, among other illegal products.
“The international operation to seize AlphaBay’s infrastructure was led by the United States and involved cooperation and efforts by law enforcement authorities in Thailand, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Canada, the United Kingdom, and France, as well as the European law enforcement agency Europol,” the Justice Department said Thursday in announcing the shutdown of...