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Dark web markets boom after AlphaBay and Hansa busts

BBC News, August 1, 2017. Ecosystem displacement after the July 2017 AlphaBay and Hansa closures: Cyberint's count for 24-31 July 2017 makes Dream Market the biggest remaining market with 98,844 listings at month end, up 3,818 (3.9%) over the week..

Source type
News report
Published
August 1, 2017
Research grade
S1
Used in entries
1

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Publisher
BBC News
Published
August 1, 2017
Source type
News report
Research grade
Source grade S1
Language
English
Official record
Not an official publication
Address
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40788266
What it supports
Ecosystem displacement after the July 2017 AlphaBay and Hansa closures: Cyberint's count for 24-31 July 2017 makes Dream Market the biggest remaining market with 98,844 listings at month end, up 3,818 (3.9%) over the week.
Dataset id
src_bbc_dark_web_markets_boom_2017

Research notes

  • JSON-LD datePublished 2017-08-01T15:48:59Z. 2017-08-01 is the date the page carries, not a stand-in for an unknown day.
  • The listing figures are Cyberint's, surveying five leading markets between 24 and 31 July 2017 - they are a vendor count relayed by the BBC.
  • The article records contemporaneous speculation that Dream Market itself might be compromised or under law-enforcement control; it does not resolve it.

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