Large Number of Tor Hidden Sites Seized by the FBI in Operation Onymous were Clone or Scam Sites

Our crawl of just over 9,000 onion sites has found 276 seized onion sites.

Out of a total of 276 seized onion addresses found, we identified 153 of the addresses as belonging to either clone, scam or phishing sites. Of the 153 clone or scam sites, 133 were clones and 20 were scam or phishing sites.

Full list of seized onions and more info at:

https://www.nikcub.com/posts/onymous-part1/

edit One thing to add, if you were the admin of a seized site or know someone who was, or worked at a hosting company where servers were seized - please get in touch - we really need information about how servers were hosted and setup to get to the bottom of how they were found (we have a working theory, but need to confirm it with more data).


Comments


[29 Points] Cannoisseur_Reviews:

I would say that they make this Place better & safer when they seize phishing and Scam Sites ! Thank you Boys :)


[22 Points] showxyz:

Lol, so in an attempt to scare dnm users, le has revealed that they are highly incompetent.


[8 Points] ownowfuck:

UC: I know where Defcon is hosting SR.

LE: Great, what's the name of the host?

UC: (Names host)

LE: (Calls Host) How many hidden services do you have running on your partition?

Host: A lot.

LE: Okay, we're going to shut them all down.

Host: Okay.

Announcement: LE USES SUPER-TECHNOLOGY TO DE-ANONYMIZE EVERYONE


[7 Points] 99639:

That the FBI seized so many clone and fake websites suggests a broad, untargeted sweep of hidden services rather than a targeted campaign. The slapshot nature of how sites were seized suggests that rather than starting with an onion address and then discovering the host server to seize, this campaign simply vacuumed up a large number of onion websites by targeting specific hosting companies. We have tracked down the hosting companies affected and the details will be published in a follow-up.

My conclusion as well.


[3 Points] iLoveDNM:

When I read the 276 number I thought that was crazy, there is no way there were that many markets.


[2 Points] jhkjhkj7767y77:

whats with all the NSA OMGZ its in my computerz,,, SR2 got taken down because A FED WAS INVOLVED IN RUNNING THE SITE SINCE DAY 1


[3 Points] SecondChanceUsername:

So they did us a favor and got rid of some scams and sites they (LE) controlled anyway....Thanks?...


[2 Points] _rs:

As someone said on twitter, thanks to Operation #Onymous' take down of hundreds of scam and phishing sites, shopping on dark net markets is safer than ever!


[2 Points] ciphersexual:

No "The Hub" anywhere on this list!

The semi-official story that The Hub was seized, as told by "Alfred" on The Kingdom forums, grows more unbelievable by the day.


[1 Points] None:

GG LE


[1 Points] CopeKing:

So im sure this has been answered a million times, but is Tor browser still safe, or is it compromised?