Darknet markets facilitated nearly $2.6 billion in cryptocurrency flows in 2025, with drugs accounting for the majority of listings. Some darknet platforms like MEGA include internal exchange features ...

It is common to hear news reports about large data breaches, but what happens once your personal data is stolen? Our research shows that, like most legal commodities, stolen data products flow through ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Darknet markets are increasingly returning to bitcoin (BTC) as their primary cryptocurrency because of rising liquidity and ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) take down last week of Silk Road 2.0 and two dozen other illicit markets has paved the way for enterprising kingpins to rush into the void and give the ...

Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has released fresh data highlighting the enduring strength of cryptocurrency-fueled drug trade on darknet platforms. In its latest insights from the Crypto Crime ...

Cybercrime detectives in Australia seized 52 Bitcoin valued at 5.7 million Australian dollars ($4.1 million) in what they ...

Abacus Market, the largest Bitcoin-powered darknet marketplace in the Western world, has abruptly gone offline in what appears to be an exit scam. Abacus Market, the largest Bitcoin-based darknet ...

Borrowing from the playbook of ransomware purveyors, the darknet narcotics bazaar Incognito Market has begun extorting all of its vendors and buyers, threatening to publish cryptocurrency transaction ...