What Did Darkmarket.ws Look Like?
- Friday, May 29, 2009, 6:55
- Threat Research
FBI agent Keith Mularski gave an interview yesterday to Elinor Mills. In the interview he talks for the first time about the background of the infamous Darkmarket.ws sting operation.Special Agent Mularski worked undercover for two years, operating a message forum for online criminals, posing as one of them. The operation ended last fall with 60 arrests around the world.The most famous arrest to come out of this sting operation was the arrest of Çağatay Evyapan in Turkey. Mr. Evyapan, known online as "cha0" was arrested in a raid by a special unit of the Turkish police. Here's a video of cha0's arrest from our Security Wrapup:The Darkmarket case has received a lot of media coverage.But what did the actual site look like when it was still operational?For the first time, we're now publishing a series of screenshots taken of Darkmarket.ws.We took these pictures mostly in 2006 and 2007. They detail how this forum was used to conduct all kinds of online crimes.Login page of Darkmarket.wsHere's a user who (continue reading...)