U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the shutdown of AlphaBay and Hansa in a Thursday press conference.

Law enforcement raids and arrests in the United States, Canada, and Thailand targeted a Canadian citizen thought to be the leader of AlphaBay.

"I think 95 percent of what we see on the onion sites and other dark nets is just criminal activity."

As internet freedom declines, OONIProbe hopes to make censorship and surveillance more transparent than ever before.

Criminals and dark net proprietors are adopting an industry norm in the search for better security. But will it actually help?

A simple little cyber hustle targeting Wikipedia yields a nice reward for dark net crooks who without requiring very much effort at all.