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Abstract
In the summer of 2017, an international policing effort - named Operation Bayonet - led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Dutch National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) targeted two prominent online anonymous markets. On the one hand, the FBI succeeded in the take-down of AlphaBay, on the other hand the NHTCU took over, operated and shut down Hansa Market. By coordinating these efforts and planning these actions sequentially, both agencies expected users active on AlphaBay to make their way to Hansa Market - which at that moment was in complete control and operated by the NHTCU. To assess the effects of Operation Bayonet, we leverage measurements of the user-base of current market leader, and then safe haven: Dream Market. We investigate the effects of the operation on all newly registered vendors on Dream Market (n=220) during and shortly after Operation Bayonet by mapping their individual and historic characteristics to discern migration patterns and changes in vendor behavior. Compared to ‘simple’ take-downs, like the AlphaBay take-down, the effects of the Hansa Market shut down on vendors seem remarkably different. Vendors do not just simply move on after the Hansa Market shutdown. Few simply migrate, some take precautions like changing their username and/or PGP-key, but many start over with a clean slate - erasing their past reputation completely - and are truly ‘Lost in the Dream’
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Evolution of the Darknet Workshop at the Web Science Conference (WebSci 18) |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
| Pages | 1-5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
| Event | WebSci’18: Evolution of the Darknet - Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration: 27 May 2018 → 30 May 2018 Conference number: 10 |
Conference
| Conference | WebSci’18 |
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| Country/Territory | Netherlands |
| City | Amsterdam |
| Period | 27/05/18 → 30/05/18 |
Keywords
- Online anonymous markets
- Police interventions
- Operation Bayonet
- Crime displacement
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van Eeten, M. J. G., Hernandez Ganan, C., Gürses, F. S., van Wegberg, R. S., Parkin, S. E., Zhauniarovich, Y., van Engelenburg, S. H., Kadenko, N. I., Labunets, K., Akyazi, U., Bouwman, X. B., Jansen, B. A., Kaur, M., Al Alsadi, A., Lone, Q. B., Turcios Rodriguez, E. R., Vermeer, M., van Harten, V. T. C., Vetrivel, S., Oomens, E. (. C. )., Kustosch, L. F., Bisogni, F., Ciere, M., Fiebig, T., Korczynski, M. T., Moreira Moura, G. C., Noroozian, A., Pieters, W., Tajalizadehkhoob, S., Dacier, B. H. A., San José Sanchez, J., Çetin, F. O. & Zannettou, S.
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