OPERATION ONYMOUS: A MINOR SKIRMISH IN THE BATTLE AGAINST DARKNET MARKETS

NEW YORK (InsideBitcoins) – In the days following the shutdown of Silk Road 2.0, many people were speculating as to whether or not Tor – the software and network that allows anonymous online access – was broken by the FBI. Law enforcement agencies around the world were claiming that they had taken down 414 darknet websites, and they also claimed that criminals should not feel safe when they are operating on various anonymizing networks. Roughly one month later, it seems clear that Operation Onymous was not the large, rousing success that it was originally made out to be.
Silk Road 2.0 and what else?
Before getting into greater detail about the kinds of sites that were shut down in this operation, it’s important to note the large number of revisions that took place when it comes to the total number of onion sites seized by law enforcement. As mentioned above, the original number was 414, but that number eventually came down to just over two dozen. Needless to say, Silk Road 2.0 was by far the most popular darknet website included in the list of seized domains.

This post was published at Inside Bitcoins on Nov 25, 2014.