A wave of panic sweeping the Darkweb . Two sites that essentially served as a hub for the resale of drugs or firearms were recently closed , and the administrators of these sites detained. By closing the faucet ALPHABAY and Hansa , the sleuths of Europol (still helped by the FBI) managed their best haul against cyber-crime; and it's not over since other important sites Darkweb would viewfinder authorities.
The ALPHABAY site was closed July 4 and its administrator, a certain Alexandre Cazes , was arrested in Thailand the following day. Detained pending his extradition to the United States, the former administrator of only 26 years committed suicide in his cell in Bangkok.
If the story ends tragically for one who had become one of the biggest cyber criminals of recent history, we now know a little more about the conditions of the arrest of Cazes, and that's saying that they are rather strange.
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The Canadian Alexandre Cazes, before one of its many luxury cars
Thus, we learn that Alexander Cazes signed all his messages by the nickname "Alpha02" and that until 2015; In addition, the header of the welcome email to new members to the platform ALPHABAY consistently contained the administrator email address, namely Pimp_Alex_91@hotmail.com; To link these numerical identifiers and the true identity of the administrator, the investigators followed the trail to the site ... commentcamarche.com !
In one of the comments tutorials site of the forum, some alpha02 how to remove a virus from a digital camera before signing with his real name, Alexandre Cazes, followed by the email address Pimp_Alex_91@hotmail.com; with this single message, investigators are the link between Alexandre Cazes and two numerical identifiers (IDs and email address).
It's in the bag ! When arrested, Alexandre Cazes had a total of 6 million distributed in Bitcoins, Ethereum and Zcash, virtual currency for the real money
Sad ending for alexandre cazes