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AlphaBay, the Largest Online 'Dark Market,' Shut Down

United States Department of Justice, July 20, 2017. AlphaBay seizure, Cazes arrest and death, charges, scale figures.

Source type
Government release
Published
July 20, 2017
Research grade
P1
Used in entries
11

Bibliographic record

Publisher
United States Department of Justice
Published
July 20, 2017
Source type
Government release
Research grade
Source grade P1
Language
English
Official record
Official publication
Address
No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.
What it supports
AlphaBay seizure, Cazes arrest and death, charges, scale figures
Dataset id
src_doj_alphabay_2017

Research notes

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How this source is used

Cited 11 times across 5 record types.

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.

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Cited by

Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

Organization roles

4 citations

Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.

Legal actions against people

3 citations

Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.

Infrastructure

2 citations

Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.

  • 1 onion service

    Onion service seized, AlphaBay seizure

    Primary source
  • Server

    Server seized, AlphaBay seizure

    Primary source

Later activity

1 citation

Cited for activity recorded after the takedown.

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