Operation Shrouded Horizon
| Operation Shrouded Horizon (bottom) | |
|---|---|
United States Federal Bureau of Investigation and Europol | |
| Countries Participated | Australia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Israel, Latvia, Macedonia, Nigeria, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, United Kingdom and the United States[1][2] |
| # of Countries Participated | 20 |
| Mission | |
| Target | Darkode website |
| Method | undisclosed |
| Timeline | |
| Date begin | January 2014 |
| Date end | July 2015 |
| Duration | 18 months |
| Results | |
| Arrests | 70 |
| Indicted | 12 |
| Accounting | |
Operation Shrouded Horizon was an 18-month international
Law enforcement agents gained access to the invite-only website through undisclosed means and collected information over an extended period, leading to equipment seizures, searches, or arrests of 70 individuals globally, leading to indictments against 12 for crimes including
Upon announcing the charges, United States Attorney David J. Hickton called the site "a cyber hornet's nest of criminal hackers" which "represented one of the gravest threats to the integrity of data on computers in the United States".[10][5][4][11]
Though led by the FBI and assisted by Europol, reports credit agencies in 20 countries:
Only two weeks after the announcement of the raid, the site reappeared with increased security, employing
References
- ^ a b c d Stevenson, Alastair (16 July 2015). "All the details about the FBI's Darknode takedown in 6 easy facts". Business Insider.
- ^ a b "Cybercriminal Darkode Forum Taken Down Through Global Action". Europol. 15 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Cyber Criminal Forum Taken Down". FBI.gov. 15 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Major Computer Hacking Forum Dismantled". The United States Department of Justice. 15 July 2015.
- ^ a b Buncombe, August (15 July 2015). "Darkode: FBI shuts down notorious online forum and cracks 'cyber hornet's nest of criminal hackers'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-24.
- ^ "Darkode: Computer hacking forum dismantled; 12 people charged, US authorities say". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 16 July 2015.
- ^ Pauli, Darren (16 July 2015). "FireEye intern nailed in Darkode downfall was VXer, say the Feds". The Register.
- ^ Stevenson, Alastair (16 July 2015). "These are the 3 scariest alleged Darkode hackers arrested during the FBI's 'Operation Shrouded Horizon'". Business Insider.
- ^ Cox, Joseph (29 July 2015). "The Mysterious Disappearance, and Reappearance, of a Dark Web Hacker Market". Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ^ Trott, Bill (15 July 2015). "U.S. says computer hacking forum Darkode dismantled, 12 charged". Reuters.
- ^ "Darkode cybercriminal hacker marketplace shut down". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Associated Press. 15 July 2015.
- ^ Pauli, Darren (28 July 2015). "Cybercrime forum Darkode returns with security, admins intact". The Register.
- ^ Clark, Lian (28 July 2015). "Hacker forum Darkode is back and more secure than ever". Wired.
- ^ Kovacs, Eduard (28 July 2015). "Hacking Forum Darkode Resurfaces". Security Week.
- ^ Stevenson, Alastair (28 July 2015). "It only took 2 weeks for the world's most dangerous hacking forum to get back online after the FBI shut it down". Business Insider.