A 16-year-old boy who attempted to buy a deadly toxin from the deep web to “commit suicide” was charged after finding police waiting for him on the deep web.
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Is DARPA’s Memex search engine a Google-killer?
The web is getting deeper and darker, and starting this Friday, Memex will begin to give everyone a chance to lift the veil a little.
Feds subpoena Reddit for personal info of dark web forum members
The subpoena demands information on five users of the Darknet Markets subreddit, all of whom discussed the recent fall of Evolution, a mega-mart for drugs.
Dark Web’s ‘Evolution’ market vanishes along with $12 million
The owners of the drugs/guns/malware market ‘Evolution’ have vanished with about $12 million in Bitcoin. 
The Dark Web: anarchy, law, freedom and anonymity
Any notion that the Dark Web will be allowed to flourish as a vast, lawless space without a serious challenge is fantasy. The question is, what balance of surveillance and darkness are we prepared to tolerate on the web? 
Onion.city – a search engine bringing the Dark Web into the light
Last week, user Virgil Griffith went onto the Tor-talk mailing list and announced Onion City, a Dark Web search engine that allows regular web users to delve into the Dark Web.
Memex – DARPA’s search engine for the Dark Web
Memex is like the Google of the deepest, darkest parts of the web, focusing (for the moment) on tackling human trafficking and slavery.
Former US cybersecurity director gets 25 years for online child abuse
The former acting director of cybersecurity for the US Department of Health and Human Services is one of 6 so far to be convicted in an ongoing FBI investigation that used drive-by malware to track the online activities of child abusers. 
GCHQ and police team up to hunt down child abusers on the darknet
A major crackdown on child-abuse imagery includes a new law making it illegal for an adult to send a sexual communication to a child. 
FBI used drive-by downloads to track child porn suspects hidden on Tor
The FBI has been silently installing spyware in its quest to identify and prosecute criminals hiding behind the powerful Tor anonymity system. The technique’s a classic tool in the malware writer’s kit. Do the ends justify the means when it’s the law, using it to capture child abusers? 