News report # 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 ## Bibliographic record **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](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. How this source is used Cited 1 time across 1 record type. The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards. Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 23, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here. ## Cited by ### Later activity 1 citation Cited for activity recorded after the takedown. - [Dream Market and other markets absorbing displaced Hansa and AlphaBay users](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/hansa-covert-takeover-and-shutdown) Ecosystem successor, Hansa covert takeover and shutdown Later outcome [All sources](https://takedownindex.org/sources)