[Veelox]

It is a little bit of an exaggeration, there are going to be a lot of people that will get caught and a lot that will get away. The point of the statement is to reduce confidence in dark net markets so they are more likely to fail.

[hackerboos]

Hansa has already taken AB's place.

[omurphy27]

Apparently law enforcement seized Hansa a month earlier and were using it as a honeypot: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/07/after-alphabays-demise-c...

[RandVal30142]

Brilliant setup. Seize both sites but only keep one down so you can document suspects migrating their criminal operations.

[colecut]

....aaaand it's gone

[Veelox]

I wonder if the time was intentional to allow more people to be caught.

[hackerboos]

Wow it was up last night.

Are Tor hidden services compromised?

[ceejayoz]

Yeah, and anyone who fled there is screwed, as it was already under the control of law enforcement. Whoops!