Multiple security researchers have expressed skepticism about the reality of the attack, suggesting that Lockbit is bluffing and that there is no evidence to support its claims.

When a domain is seized by the authorities, it usually always displays the same generic message - an image informing that the domain has been seized. Interestingly, the image currently displayed on this forum also shows Pompompurin's forum cartoon avatar, but in handcuffs.

Between February 22, 2016, and October 1, 2019, Mihalo and his associates also peddled their cards on other dark web marketplaces such as AlphaBay Market, WallStreet Market, and Hansa Market. Each marketplace required users to transact in digital currencies, including Bitcoin.

It is not yet certain whether Fitzpatrick really attempted to end his own life or whether he is still in the hospital. The only thing that can be said for sure is that suicide does not solve any problems!

The U.S. Department of Justice has dismantled an international ransomware network responsible for extorting and attempting to extort hundreds of millions of dollars from victims in the U.S. and around the world. The Hive ransomware ring has extorted hundreds of millions of dollars from more than 1,500 victims in hospitals, schools, financial companies, and critical infrastructure in more than 80 countries around the world.

The seller of the WhatsApp dataset shared a sample of data with Cybernews researchers, with 1,097 UK and 817 US user numbers in the shared sample. cybernews investigated all the numbers included in the sample All of the numbers included in the sample and managed to confirm that all of those mobile numbers were indeed WhatsApp users.

After the domain was seized, Z-Library announced on its official blog that the platform thanked users for their support and apologized to book authors. It also stated that the repository would continue to exist, albeit in a more restricted manner on the dark web.

The U.S. Department of Justice has revealed that it seized $3.36 billion worth of bitcoins last year that were stolen from Silk Road, a notorious dark web marketplace that has been shut down.

DNS records and other information for the blocked domain name indicate that the seizure of the Shadow Library Z-Library domain name was the result of cooperation between the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the U.S. Department of Justice, presumably as a result of criminal proceedings arising from the site's growing piracy problem.

Before law enforcement crackdowns are taken, cybercrime investigators conduct adult, technically demanding investigations into these cases in secret, and through international police cooperation and data sharing, are often able to identify and eventually arrest suspects operating anonymously on the dark web.