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The Internet Takedown Index is built from law enforcement releases, prosecutor and court records, government and agency publications, company reports, and news coverage. Every entry in the index traces back to one of the documents listed here.

152 sources indexed Cited 575 times across the index
137 official documents Government, prosecutor, court, and agency records
Research cutoff August 20, 2026

4 of the 152 sources carry a recorded web address. The rest give publisher, title, and date so the document can be retrieved from the publisher.

Showing 101 to 125 of 152 sources

Source Type Description Publisher Quality Used in entries
DarkMarket: world's largest illegal dark web marketplace taken down
International agency release Establishes the DarkMarket server seizure, operator arrest, and user/seller scale. Europol P2 2
Popular VPN used by ransomware gangs taken down
International agency release Establishes the multinational takedown of Safe-Inet/Insorg VPN infrastructure. Europol P2 1
NCA statement on Operation Venetic
Law enforcement release UK arrest and seizure figures National Crime Agency P2 2
Dismantling of an encrypted network sends shockwaves through organised crime groups across Europe
International agency release Joint investigation team structure, technical implant on France-hosted servers, user and message scale Europol P2 8
CityXGuide seized; owner Wilhan Martono charged
Prosecutor release Establishes the CityXGuide seizure and the 28-count indictment against owner Wilhan Martono. USAO Northern District of Texas / FBI S2 2
WeLeakInfo domain seizure announcement
Prosecutor release Establishes the multinational WeLeakInfo domain seizure. US DOJ S2 4
Coordinated action against Islamic State online propaganda infrastructure
International agency release Establishes the renewed 2019 EU-coordinated action against Islamic State web infrastructure. Europol P2 2
Chainalysis account of blockchain analysis in the Welcome to Video investigation
Participating company report Bitcoin tracing methodology used to identify users Chainalysis T1 2
NCA statement on the Welcome to Video investigation
Law enforcement release UK participation and arrests National Crime Agency P2 2
South Korean National and Hundreds of Others Charged Worldwide in the Takedown of the Largest Darknet Child Pornography Website, Which was Funded by Bitcoin
Government release Server seizure in South Korea, Son's arrest and US indictment, 337 arrests, 23 children rescued, site scale United States Department of Justice P1 11
BestMixer.io taken down in first action of its kind against crypto mixing service
International agency release Establishes the Dutch FIOD-led seizure of BestMixer, described as the first such action. Europol P2 2
DeepDotWeb administrators charged; domain seized
Prosecutor release Establishes the domain seizure and the arrest of two alleged administrators. US DOJ / USAO WDPA P1 4
Wall Street Market takedown coordination
International agency release Corroborates the coordinated international nature of the action. Europol P2 1
Wall Street Market and Silkkitie takedown announcement
Prosecutor release Establishes the coordinated German/Finnish darknet-market shutdowns and the US moderator charge. US DOJ P1 3
Nine charged in $36 million digital advertising fraud scheme (3ve/Methbot)
Prosecutor release Establishes the 3ve ad-fraud botnet disruption and associated indictment. US DOJ / FBI P1 2
VPNFilter botnet C2 domain seizure
Prosecutor release Establishes the court-authorized domain seizure and redirection used to disrupt VPNFilter. US DOJ / USAO WDPA P1 3
Islamic State Amaq propaganda infrastructure disrupted
International agency release Establishes the Belgian/EU coalition action against Amaq propaganda infrastructure. Europol P2 2
NCA statement on the Webstresser takedown
Law enforcement release UK role and follow-on action against users National Crime Agency P2 2
World's biggest marketplace selling internet paralysing DDoS attacks taken down
International agency release Infrastructure seizure locations, administrator arrests, service scale Europol P2 6
Justice Department leads seizure of Backpage.com, indicts founders
Prosecutor release Establishes the Backpage.com seizure and the indictment of its founders and executives. US DOJ / FBI P1 6
BTC-e cryptocurrency exchange dismantled; operator Alexander Vinnik arrested
Prosecutor release Establishes the BTC-e disruption and Vinnik's arrest in Greece. US DOJ / FBI / IRS-CI S2 5
Bitdefender account of technical support to Europol EC3 on Hansa
Participating company report Technical partner role in locating the Hansa infrastructure Bitdefender T1 2
Dutch National Police statement on the takeover and shutdown of Hansa Market
Law enforcement release Covert takeover of Hansa, duration of covert operation, server seizures, administrator arrests Politie (Netherlands) P1 5
Massive blow to criminal dark web activities after globally coordinated operation
International agency release Joint AlphaBay and Hansa operation structure and coordination roles Europol P2 6
AlphaBay, the Largest Online 'Dark Market,' Shut Down
Government release AlphaBay seizure, Cazes arrest and death, charges, scale figures United States Department of Justice P1 11

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