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AlphaBay was a darknet market. As you might expect, it trafficked in illegal goods. Since authorities seized it and shut it down, they've been able to read the
by TazeTSchnitzel 9y ago
AlphaBay was a darknet market. As you might expect, it trafficked in illegal goods. Since authorities seized it and shut it down, they've been able to read the site's data, and can now prosecute all sorts of illegal actions that happened there.
- dogma1138 9y agoThey didn't shut it down immediately, they run it for a few weeks collecting information. It's quite likely that they've used it to either directly compromise or unmask real world assets of it's users beyond what would be possible from just reading some logs.
- TazeTSchnitzel 9y agoQuite likely, though the logs would be immensely valuable on their own.