Major Computer Hacking Forum Dismantled

Bibliographic record

Publisher

United States Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs

Published

July 15, 2015

Source type

Prosecutor release

Research grade

Source grade P1

Language

English

Official record

Official publication

Address

https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/major-computer-hacking-forum-dismantled

What it supports

Operation Shrouded Horizon: the dismantling of the Darkode forum, 12 US defendants charged in the Western District of Pennsylvania, the 20-nation coalition that charged, arrested or searched 70 Darkode members, and Europol/EC3 assistance to the FBI

Dataset id

src_usdoj_opa_darkode_2015

Research notes

• Subtitle on the page: 'As Part of Coordinated Law Enforcement Efforts in 20 Countries, United States Charges 12 Defendants in Connection with Computer Fraud Conspiracy'.
• Press Release Number: 15-888.
• The submitted /opa/pr/ URL now 301-redirects to /archives/opa/pr/; the archived path is recorded as the canonical URL.
• Distinct from the existing record src_doj_darkode_2015, which points at the U.S. Attorney's Office WDPA cross-post of the same announcement at https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdpa/pr/major-computer-hacking-forum-dismantled (also live). Both pages exist; this record is the Office of Public Affairs version that the audit actually cited.
• Read via an Internet Archive capture because justice.gov serves an Akamai bot interstitial to automated clients.