News report

# Notorious AlphaBay darknet market comes back to life

BleepingComputer, August 12, 2021. AlphaBay resurgence: DeSnake's announcement of the relaunch and his authentication with the original AlphaBay PGP key, confirmed by former staff.

**Source type:** News report

**Published:** August 12, 2021

**Research grade:** S1

**Used in entries:** 1

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** BleepingComputer

**Published:** August 12, 2021

**Source type:** News report

**Research grade:** Source grade S1

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Not an official publication

**Address:** [https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/notorious-alphabay-darknet-market-comes-back-to-life/](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/notorious-alphabay-darknet-market-comes-back-to-life/)

**What it supports:** AlphaBay resurgence: DeSnake's announcement of the relaunch and his authentication with the original AlphaBay PGP key, confirmed by former staff

**Dataset id:** src\_bleepingcomputer\_alphabay\_back\_2021

## Research notes

- By Ionut Ilascu.
- published\_on taken from the page's article:published\_time (2021-08-12T13:07:54-04:00).

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## Cited by

### Later activity

1 citation

Cited for activity recorded after the takedown.

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[AlphaBay relaunch under DeSnake](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/alphabay-seizure)

Partial operator continuity, AlphaBay seizure

Later outcome

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