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[Developing] Despite FBI Takedown, Genesis Market Persists on the Darknet

DarkOwl, April 6, 2023. That the FBI's Operation Cookie Monster seized Genesis Market's surface-web domains and registrars while the Tor/onion version of the market remained reachable, supporting the takedown's later_status..

Source type
Cybersecurity report
Published
April 6, 2023
Research grade
T2
Used in entries
1

Bibliographic record

Publisher
DarkOwl
Published
April 6, 2023
Source type
Cybersecurity report
Research grade
Source grade T2
Language
English
Official record
Not an official publication
Address
https://www.darkowl.com/blog-content/genesis-market-fbi-takedown-updates
What it supports
That the FBI's Operation Cookie Monster seized Genesis Market's surface-web domains and registrars while the Tor/onion version of the market remained reachable, supporting the takedown's later_status.
Dataset id
src_darkowl_genesis_persists_darknet

Research notes

  • Page carries 'Last Updated April 10, 2023' in addition to the 6 April 2023 publication date; published_on uses the original publication date.
  • No named author on the post.

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