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Operation Disruptor

A law enforcement operation targeting darknet vendors and marketplaces.

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Feb 3, 2026

How do law enforcement actions and DOJ cases reference Brian’s Club and other darknet marketplaces since 2018?

, U.S. law enforcement and the have referenced and peer darknet marketplaces primarily as sources of stolen payment data and as targets in broader modular strategies—vendor arrests, platform seizures,...

Jan 10, 2026

Which private cybersecurity firms worked with law enforcement on dark‑web marketplace takedowns, and how do those collaborations function?

Private cybersecurity firms including Searchlight Cyber and Bitdefender have publicly supported recent law‑enforcement takedowns of dark‑web marketplaces, and many other commercial threat‑intelligence...