Darknet News: Markets, Forums & Crypto
Takedown Post Mortem
German Led Operation Shuts Down More Than 373,000 Dark Web Sites
Europol says a German led operation launched on 9 March 2026 took down more than 373,000 dark web sites tied to one of the largest networks of hidden services, the biggest infrastructure seizure in a long line of coordinated actions against the underground economy.
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Encrypt Your Laptop and Your Backups: A Step by Step Guide
A practical walkthrough for turning on full disk encryption, encrypting files before they reach the cloud, and securing data in transit, with the specific threat each step defends against.
Guides
Encrypt Your Secrets in Git with SOPS and age
A step by step workflow for keeping API keys, tokens and passwords inside a Git repository without ever committing them in readable form, using SOPS for file level encryption and age for keys you control.
Crypto
Philippines Bars Privacy Coin Listings as Regulators Tighten VASP Screening
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has told licensed virtual asset service providers to stop listing privacy coins such as Monero and Zcash, pushing the privacy coin fight from chain level tracing into the regulated on ramp.
Crypto
UK Tax Authority Moves to Widen Crypto Data Powers as Privacy Coins Rally
HM Revenue and Customs is proposing to extend its information gathering powers over cryptoasset businesses, a UK move that lands as Washington withdraws personal wallet tracking rules and privacy coins such as Zcash surge back into the top 15.
Guides
Start Your Post Quantum Migration: A Practical Checklist for Ordinary Users
Adversaries are recording encrypted traffic today to decrypt it later. You cannot control when quantum computers arrive, but you can control what you hold, how long it must stay secret, and how fast you can swap algorithms. This checklist walks through the steps that matter now.
Sentencing
Empire Market creator sentenced to 40 years in dark web marketplace case
Raheim Hamilton, 30, was sentenced this week to 40 years in federal prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to drug conspiracy charges tied to the Empire Market dark web marketplace, The Record reported. The term lands alongside a run of recent sentencings in dark web drug and counterfeit pill cases across the United States, Canada, Britain and New Zealand.
Crypto Privacy
Sparrow Wallet Patches After AI Code Review as Bitcoin Privacy Pressure Builds
Sparrow Wallet released version 2.5.4 after an AI assisted code review produced most of its fixes, Decrypt reports, a small but telling sign of how artificial intelligence is reshaping both the attack and defense sides of Bitcoin privacy.
Onions: Tor swaps out its decades old relay encryption
Tor retires tor1 relay encryption in favour of Counter Galois Onion
The Tor Project has replaced its legacy tor1 relay encryption algorithm with a new design called Counter Galois Onion, a change that reaches every circuit on the network and every onion service carried over it. Two independent reports frame the switch as a response to modern traffic interception attacks, while the fallout from the recent emergency fixes continues to dominate operator attention.
Arrests
FBI trash bag evidence leads to arrests of two brothers in dark web pill case
Two Jacksonville brothers were arrested on Aug. 28 and accused of selling counterfeit oxycodone pills on the darknet, in a case where the FBI used material recovered from a trash bag, according to a report published Sept. 10. The cofounder of Empire Market was also sentenced to 40 years this week.
ONION SERVICES
Tor ships 0.4.9.13 emergency fixes for relays, clients and onion services
The Tor Project has pushed an emergency security release covering relays, clients and onion services, listing ten tracked vulnerabilities while holding back technical details, according to Pasquale Pillitteri and CyberNews. The patch lands alongside a wider cryptographic overhaul that will replace the network's legacy relay encryption.
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