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DarkCyber for June 26, 2018, Now Available

This week’s story line up … Operation Broken Heart takes down CP operation… OxyMonster faces jail time… Warwire automates image and video analysis... Updated cybercrime statistics


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Stephen E Arnold, author of Dark Web Notebook, said: “Law enforcement agencies are cooperating in order to identify and bring bad actors to justice. The takedowns from Operation Broken Heart and the arrest of OxyMonster are positive actions.”

DarkCyber for June 26, 2018, is now available at www.arnoldit.com/wordpress and on Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/276722659 .

Stephen E Arnold’s DarkCyber is a weekly video news and analysis program about the Dark Web and lesser known Internet services.

This week’s program covers four cybercrime related stories:

First, the FBI and other US enforcement agencies shut down a child pornography ring. After a three month sweep, officials from 61 different law enforcement organizations identified 195 offenders, primarily in the United States.

Second, investigators arrested OxyMonster (aka Gal Vallerius). The bearded drug kingpin inadvertently leaked information about his identify via a mismanaged Bitcoin wallet. When arrested at the Atlanta airport, Mr. Vallerius sported a bright red orange beard. He also had documents revealing that he was a citizen of France, Israel, and the United Kingdom.

The third story provides information about Warwire’s image identification and analysis software. An investigator can automatically review, identify, classify, and metatag images from popular sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Data can be displayed on a map so that images related to a particular event or incident can be reviewed in a fraction of the time required for manual review of visual imagery.

The fourth story provides updated cybercrime statistics. Among the data presented in this week’s DarkCyber program is a revised estimate of the dollar value of illegal drugs, services, and transactions. Arnold also provides information about the growing financial impact of ransomware and compromised personal financial information.
 
Stephen E Arnold, author of Dark Web Notebook, said: “Law enforcement agencies are cooperating in order to identify and bring bad actors to justice. The takedowns from Operation Broken Heart and the arrest of OxyMonster are positive actions.”
 
About Stephen E Arnold
Stephen E Arnold is the author of “Dark Web Notebook” and “CyberOSINT: Next Generation Information Access.” This book describes some of the technologies used by GSR and Cambridge Analytica to acquire and analyze Facebook user data. He has been named as a technology adviser to the UK based Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Human Trafficking and Child Sex Abuse. Mr. Arnold also lectures to law enforcement and intelligence professionals attending the Telestrategies ISS conferences in Prague, Washington, DC, and Panama City, Panama. In recent months, he has shared his research with law enforcement and intelligence professionals in the US and Europe. His most recent lectures focus on deanonymizing chat and digital currency transactions. One hour and full day programs are available via webinars and on-site presentations. He publishes the free Web log “Beyond Search,” which is available at www.arnoldit.com/wordpress.


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