Prosecutor release # Major Computer Hacking Forum Dismantled United States Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, July 15, 2015. 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. **Source type:** Prosecutor release **Published:** July 15, 2015 **Research grade:** P1 **Used in entries:** 6 ## 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](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. How this source is used Cited 6 times across 4 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. Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 23, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here. ## Cited by ### Takedown records 1 citation Cited on the takedown record itself. - [Darkode forum takedown](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/darkode-forum-takedown) Malware and botnets, July 2015 Supporting source ### Organization roles 1 citation Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown. - [European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/darkode-forum-takedown) Supporting, Darkode forum takedown Primary source ### Legal actions against people 3 citations Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person. - [Johan Anders Gudmunds](https://takedownindex.org/people/johan-anders-gudmunds) Indicted, Darkode forum takedown Primary source - [Daniel Placek](https://takedownindex.org/people/daniel-placek) Charged, Darkode forum takedown Primary source - [Matjaz Skorjanc](https://takedownindex.org/people/matjaz-skorjanc) Charged, Darkode forum takedown Primary source ### Infrastructure 1 citation Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on. - [darkode[.]com](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/darkode-forum-takedown) Domain seized, Darkode forum takedown Primary source [All sources](https://takedownindex.org/sources)