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[Link] The Crypto Crisis Has Been Very Bad for White Nationalists

Read: 17/5/2022 www.vice.com

But now, Bitcoin and just about every cryptocurrency are in full-on crisis mode, after the crypto market lost roughly $1 trillion in value since November. And some folks on far-right online message boards aren’t taking it particularly well. 

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[Link] Law Enforcement Seizes RaidForums, One of the Most Important Hacking Sites

Read: 13/4/2022 www.vice.com

A coalition of international law enforcement agencies led by the U.S. Department of Justice have seized RaidForums, a nexus for a wealth of stolen data and hacks, and arrested the site’s administrator, the DOJ announced on Tuesday.

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[Link] Police Shut Down ‘Hydra,’ One of the Largest Dark Web Marketplaces

Read: 6/4/2022 www.vice.com

On Tuesday, Germany’s Central Office for Combating Cybercrime (ZIT) and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) announced the operation in a press release where they called Hydra “the world’s largest illegal darknet marketplace,” according to a Google translation of the announcement.

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[Link] Canadian accused of unleashing NetWalker ransomware extradited to US

Read: 13/3/2022 www.theregister.com

US prosecutors on Thursday said they have extradited a Canadian man to America to face charges that he conspired to distribute ransomware. Sébastien Vachon-Desjardins, 34, of Gatineau, Quebec, was detained by Canadian authorities on January 27, 2021.

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[Link] Woman Who Allegedly Laundered $1B in Bitcoin Was Cringe YouTube Rapper

Read: 8/2/2022 www.vice.com

On Tuesday, the U.S. government accused Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife, Heather Morgan, 31 of laundering around $1 billion in cryptocurrency stolen in the 2016 Bitfinex hack. As it turns out, Morgan did not exactly keep the low profile you would expect of an alleged criminal.

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[Link] Pirate IPTV Providers “Exploit PayPal, Mastercard & Visa Branding”

Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com

Pirate IPTV providers generally require payment in exchange for a subscription. In the majority of cases this involves utilizing a third-party payment processor such as PayPal, Mastercard or Visa.

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[Link] Do Pirate IPTV Customers “Support Human Trafficking & Arms Trading”?

Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com

Over the years there have been frequent claims by entertainment companies that by using pirate services, users are helping to finance other crimes.

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[Link] A Drug Cartel War Is Making Lime Prices Skyrocket in Mexico

Read: 31/1/2022 www.vice.com

MEXICO CITY—Limes are part of Mexico’s identity. Essential companions to tequila, tacos and guacamole, they’re critical ingredients in the country’s gastronomy.  They are also a pawn in an escalating war among rival drug cartels that is driving lime prices to record levels.

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[Link] The Unexpected Places the Taliban Got Rich From Before Taking Over Afghanistan

Read: 26/8/2021 www.vice.com

The extremist group made a staggering $1.6 billion last year, a key factor that helped them gain control of Afghanistan at lightning speed. On the streets of Kabul after the Taliban takeover, Afghans were running from one empty ATM to the next. Prices soared, the U.S. froze $9.

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[Link] The Coltan in Your Smartphone is Financing Colombian Guerrilla Armies

Read: 26/8/2021 www.vice.com

MEDELLIN, Colombia–Authorities in southern Colombia pulled over a cargo truck looking for drugs in early August. But instead of finding a pile of cocaine bricks, the truck was loaded with a sandy, blue-ish black rock called coltan.

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[Link] Amazon, Facebook and Google Paid Millions to Pirates, Study Finds

Read: 17/8/2021 torrentfreak.com

A new report published by the Digital Citizens Alliance suggests that pirates sites earn more than a billion dollars in revenue per year, while pirate apps are good for another quarter. Part of the money comes from big brands such as Amazon, Facebook and Google.

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