<story><title>AlphaBay, the Largest Online &apos;Dark Market,&apos; Shut Down</title><url>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/alphabay-largest-online-dark-market-shut-down</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Miner49er</author><text>&amp;quot;&amp;#x27;The so-called anonymity of the dark web is illusory,&amp;#x27; said Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg of the DEA.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;I wonder if this is true, or simply hyperbole. I&amp;#x27;m extremely curios on the technical details of this bust.&lt;p&gt;Edit: It appears that some info can be found here &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.justice.gov&amp;#x2F;opa&amp;#x2F;press-release&amp;#x2F;file&amp;#x2F;982821&amp;#x2F;download&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.justice.gov&amp;#x2F;opa&amp;#x2F;press-release&amp;#x2F;file&amp;#x2F;982821&amp;#x2F;downlo...&lt;/a&gt;. Look at the section &amp;quot;Alexandre Cazes: Alphabay&amp;#x27;s Founder and Operator&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;It looks like the founder was extremely careless. His personal hotmail email was included in the header of the welcome email and password reset emails to Alphabay users. He used the same username on Alphabay on at least one forum before creating Alphabay. This username was tied with his personal email and name.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>djmobley</author><text>He seemed to be pretty careless about flaunting his wealth. These forum postings are referenced in the forfeiture complaint (NSFW):&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;webcache.googleusercontent.com&amp;#x2F;search?q=cache:https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.rooshvforum.com&amp;#x2F;thread-56038.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;webcache.googleusercontent.com&amp;#x2F;search?q=cache:https:...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Interestingly, the forum owner posted last week claiming he had suddenly passed away:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;webcache.googleusercontent.com&amp;#x2F;search?q=cache:https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.rooshvforum.com&amp;#x2F;thread-63799.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;webcache.googleusercontent.com&amp;#x2F;search?q=cache:https:...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>AlphaBay, the Largest Online &apos;Dark Market,&apos; Shut Down</title><url>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/alphabay-largest-online-dark-market-shut-down</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Miner49er</author><text>&amp;quot;&amp;#x27;The so-called anonymity of the dark web is illusory,&amp;#x27; said Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg of the DEA.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;I wonder if this is true, or simply hyperbole. I&amp;#x27;m extremely curios on the technical details of this bust.&lt;p&gt;Edit: It appears that some info can be found here &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.justice.gov&amp;#x2F;opa&amp;#x2F;press-release&amp;#x2F;file&amp;#x2F;982821&amp;#x2F;download&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.justice.gov&amp;#x2F;opa&amp;#x2F;press-release&amp;#x2F;file&amp;#x2F;982821&amp;#x2F;downlo...&lt;/a&gt;. Look at the section &amp;quot;Alexandre Cazes: Alphabay&amp;#x27;s Founder and Operator&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;It looks like the founder was extremely careless. His personal hotmail email was included in the header of the welcome email and password reset emails to Alphabay users. He used the same username on Alphabay on at least one forum before creating Alphabay. This username was tied with his personal email and name.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Veelox</author><text>It is a little bit of an exaggeration, there are going to be a lot of people that will get caught and a lot that will get away. The point of the statement is to reduce confidence in dark net markets so they are more likely to fail.</text></comment>