Cybersecurity report

# What's Old is New Again: AlphaBay Re-emerges

Flashpoint, August 10, 2021. The 2021 AlphaBay relaunch and its claimed operator continuity: the new market is said to be run by DeSnake, a former AlphaBay administrator, with other previously associated actors involved..

**Source type:** Cybersecurity report

**Published:** August 10, 2021

**Research grade:** T2

**Used in entries:** 1

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** Flashpoint

**Published:** August 10, 2021

**Source type:** Cybersecurity report

**Research grade:** Source grade T2

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Not an official publication

**Address:** [https://flashpoint.io/blog/whats-old-is-new-again-alphabay-re-emerges](https://flashpoint.io/blog/whats-old-is-new-again-alphabay-re-emerges)

**What it supports:** The 2021 AlphaBay relaunch and its claimed operator continuity: the new market is said to be run by DeSnake, a former AlphaBay administrator, with other previously associated actors involved.

**Dataset id:** src\_flashpoint\_alphabay\_reemerges\_2021

## Research notes

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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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