> "Let's hit the popular dark web forums." isn't usually how criminals operate, based on my limited understanding. Indeed. Most cybercrime, like most crime in

> "Let's hit the popular dark web forums." isn't usually how criminals operate, based on my limited understanding. Indeed. Most cybercrime, like most crime in general, is primarily interested in just making money as effectively, efficiently, and safely as possible. No point stirring up a bunch of big hornet's nests when you don't need to. Whatever it is, it's definitely not ordinary activity. Non-exhaustive list of some possibilities I'd imagine: - Blackhats who are part of that sphere with a chip on their shoulder - Blackhats trying to start, promote, or perhaps (false-flag style) direct suspicion towards a competing forum or other platform - Whitehats / greyhats who just don't like fraudsters and thieves and want to fuck with them and give them a taste of their own medicine - Intelligence agencies / law enforcement