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Police allege the men have been selling crystal methylamphetamine and cocaine on the dark web in exchange for cryptocurrency since October 2023.

The disturbing new findings reinforce the importance of increasing drug testing, argue the researchers.

Lockbit and its affiliates have hacked some of the world's largest organisations in recent months

Counterfeit ID documents are widespread in Australia due to criminal organisations on the dark web, according to new forensic research.

Accounts were proving easy targets for cyber criminals who were tricking people to release their passwords and security ID, the government said.

The site had listings for "high quality crack cocaine" and all kinds of other illicit drugs, including steroids.

Australian apartment giant Meriton has revealed it was targeted in a cyberattack in January which affected almost 2000 people.

Millions of Australians have had their data compromised in recent major cyber attacks and while the crime may be committed virtually, it can have very real consequences for victims.

Convicted child abuser Gary Glitter has been recalled to prison in England after breaching parole conditions, following reports suggesting the former pop star was using the dark web.

Details of people's mental health conditions are among the latest data released by hackers who stole records from the health insurer.

A distraught Newcastle widower has questioned why Optus hung on to his deceased wife's personal information for years, leading to her details being stolen by hackers.

Criminals are trading copies of prized Australian passports on one of the dark web's largest marketplaces for less than the price of two schooners of beer.

Three people have been charged after allegedly selling drugs, including e-cigarettes containing THC, through the dark web near the Lake Macquarie area in NSW.

If you think you're safe carrying out illegal activity on the dark web, think again.

Seven years after he first appeared on their radar, a Queensland Police crack child sexual abuse unit has tracked down a suspected "prolific" paedophile who allegedly abused at least eight young victims and funneled photos and videos of his abuse into nefarious dark web networks over a decade.

For less than $20 cybercriminals could siphon off all the money in your bank account.

An Australian man accused of running the biggest illegal marketplace on the darknet has been arrested in Europe.

AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw has told parents it's essential that they know what their children are doing online during the pandemic.

A young Texas man will spend 40 years in prison for plotting to kill and eat a teenage girl.

The "incel" community is a largely online movement, which grew from an innocent website set up in the 1990s by a Canadian woman - but turned into something darker.

Child abuse and the spread of child pornography is on the rise as more Australians access the dark web.

The Queensland Police child sex abuse unit has been hailed for its critical role in the arrest of a Spanish man who allegedly abused a young boy and posted material to dark web sites.

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Scammers on the dark web are offering vials of blood that allegedly belonged to recovered coronavirus patients for sale on the dark web as a vaccine for the deadly virus, according to a report issued by the Australian Institute of Criminology.

Queensland Police's world-renowned child abuse unit helped catch a paedophile who ran darknet child pornography website 'Babyheart'

Police have knocked out a South Korea-based dark web child pornography site that sold gruesome videos for digital cash.

A nurse in the US has been jailed for 12 years for using bitcoin to hire a hitman to kill her lover's wife.

Email addresses of New South Wales school children have been exposed online in a major data leak.

An 18-year-old was arrested yesterday charged with trafficking a large commercial quantity of the controlled drug.

“It’s probably the first and largest penetration of the dark web in Australia.”

Law enforcement agencies around the world are battling increasing criminal activity on the dark web.