Security News > 2021 > January > Authorities Take Down World's Largest Illegal Dark Web Marketplace

Europol on Tuesday said it shut down DarkMarket, the world's largest online marketplace for illicit goods, as part of an international operation involving Germany, Australia, Denmark, Moldova, Ukraine, the U.K.'s National Crime Agency, and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The illegal internet market specialized in the sales of drugs, counterfeit money, stolen or forged credit card information, anonymous SIM cards, and off-the-shelf malware.

According to The Guardian, DarkMarket came to light in the course of a major investigation against the web hosting service CyberBunker, which served as the web host for The Pirate Bay and WikiLeaks in the past.

Previously, Dream Market, another top dark web marketplace, ended operations in April 2019, and a Europol-led police operation also shut down Wall Street Market and Silkkitie a month later in May 2019.

The Wall Street Market had 1.15 million users and 5,400 sellers of drugs, malware, and other criminal goods.

Empire Market, a popular darknet marketplace for buying and selling drugs, mysteriously went offline, implying an exit scam that has plagued illegal darknet markets.

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