Cybersecurity report

# [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](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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## Cited by

### Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

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[Operation Cookie Monster](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-cookie-monster)

Fraud and stolen data, April 2023

Supporting source

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