Evil Week: Things You Can Do on the Dark Web That Aren’t Illegal
Welcome to Evil Week, our annual dive into all the slightly sketchy hacks we’d usually refrain from recommending. Want to weasel your way into free drinks, play elaborate mind games,…
On the Trail of the Fentanyl King
Just a few days later, the DEA moved to apprehend Allawi’s team in simultaneous takedowns across Dallas, San Antonio, and Houston; Uno, Robinson, Al Salihi, and Goss were all arrested.…
Google Unveils This New Privacy Feature for All Google One Users
Google One launched a new dark Web report feature for users in the US. The feature will help customers monitor their personal information on the darkest corners of the Internet.…
The Hunt for the Dark Web’s Biggest Kingpin, Part 6: Endgame
The direct ripple effects of that explosion of incriminating data, passed through so many institutions’ records, aren’t easy to track. But over the following years, Grant Rabenn, who served as…
The Hunt for the Dark Web’s Biggest Kingpin, Part 5: Takedown
Rabenn remembers the atmosphere of that war room as more dead silence and sweaty, anxious tension than eagerness or anticipation. He knew the possibility of achieving a Ross Ulbricht–style arrest…
The Hunt for the Dark Web’s Biggest Kingpin, Part 4: Face to Face
The FBI agent, thinking quickly, avoided eye contact with Cazes and walked directly past him to the door. In the seconds it took for Cazes to cross the room, seemingly…
The Hunt for the Dark Web’s Biggest Kingpin, Part 3: Alpha Male
CHAPTER 6 RAWMEO By March 2017, the always aggressive Fresno prosecutor Grant Rabenn was ready to charge Alexandre Cazes with running AlphaBay. But his more cautious colleague Paul Hemesath wanted…
The Hunt for the Dark Web’s Biggest Kingpin, Part 2: Pimp_alex_91
That legal request took weeks to bear fruit. Finally, one evening in the early weeks of January 2017, Ali was in the middle of a law school night class when…
The Hunt for the Dark Web’s Biggest Kingpin, Part 1: The Shadow
Shortly before AlphaBay took over the dark web’s top spot, Alpha02 had changed his username on the site to merely “admin” and announced that he would no longer accept any…
“Will Be Releasing All”: Dark Web’s Warning Of More Pakistan Audio Leaks
The Dark Web message added that the new release will bring betterment to Pakistan. (Representational)Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister’s Office audio leaks saga is likely to be continued as a dark…