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Global Web Crackdown Arrests 17, Seizes Hundreds Of Dark Net Domains

WIRED, November 7, 2014. That Operation Onymous took half of the six largest Tor markets while Agora, Evolution and Andromeda stayed online and were expected to absorb the displaced buyers and sellers, with Agora already past Silk Road on listings..

Source type
News report
Published
November 7, 2014
Research grade
S1
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Publisher
WIRED
Published
November 7, 2014
Source type
News report
Research grade
Source grade S1
Language
English
Official record
Not an official publication
Address
https://www.wired.com/2014/11/operation-onymous-dark-web-arrests/
What it supports
That Operation Onymous took half of the six largest Tor markets while Agora, Evolution and Andromeda stayed online and were expected to absorb the displaced buyers and sellers, with Agora already past Silk Road on listings.
Dataset id
src_wired_onymous_2014

Research notes

  • By Andy Greenberg. JSON-LD datePublished 2014-11-07T06:00:54-05:00.
  • The six-market ranking (Silk Road 2, Agora, Evolution, Pandora, Andromeda, BlueSky) is attributed in the article to a September study by the Digital Citizens Alliance.
  • 'Will likely absorb' is the article's forward-looking prediction, not an observation of migration having happened.

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