Security News > 2021 > August > Rogue Marketplace AlphaBay Reboots

The illicit marketplace AlphaBay appears to have resurfaced, four years after a high-profile takedown by international law enforcement agencies.

Rather, the reconstituted version of the site is described as an homage to the original and a tribute to the now deceased alleged AlphaBay moderator Alexandre Cazes.

This latest revamp is headed by threat actor DeSnake, who is believed to be an original moderator of AlphaBay.

When AlphaBay was shut down in 2017 in a joint effort by law enforcement across Europe and Asia it has more than 200,000 user and 40,000 vendors selling illicit goods.

The old AlphaBay's infrastructure supported what is believed to be the largest known criminal market on the internet.

In its blogpost, Flashpoint said, its initial AlphaBay report was based on one by Tom Robinson at Elliptic.

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