The Cross Heads

Who needs the dark web? Drug sales flourish on social media

For every illegal drug, there is a combination of emojis that dealers and consumers use to evade detection on social media and messaging platforms. Snowflakes, snowfall, and snowmen symbolize cocaine. Love hearts, lightning bolts, and pill capsules mean MDMA, or molly. Brown hearts and dragons represent heroin. Grapes and baby bottles are the calling cards […]

December 18, 2024 | drugs, illegal drugs, Instagram, Policy, snapchat, social media, syndication, telegram | No comments

Russian court sentences kingpin of Hydra drug marketplace to life in prison

Available over the Tor network, Hydra was a bazaar that brokered not just drugs but also fake documents, cryptocurrency laundering services, and other illicit goods and services. Nine months after Hydra was taken down, authorities came for Bitzlato, a cryptocurrency exchange that laundered “a substantial portion of the cryptocurrency that Hydra received.” In all, authorities […]

December 4, 2024 | Biz & IT, courts, dark net, drugs, ransomware, Security | No comments

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