As mentioned, the operator was identified and located through tracking Bitcoin transactions. There's some more info about this aspect on the Chainalysis blog:...
The operation resulted in the seizure of approximately eight terabytes of child sexual exploitation videos, which is one of the largest seizures of its kind. The images, which are currently being analyzed by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), contained over 250,000 unique videos, and 45 percent of the videos currently analyzed contain new images that have not been previously known to exist.
Given the number of videos/pictures/users of the site, how many people are involved in this? I'm not sure if I want to know the answer. But I keep seeing figures way higher than I'd expect.
Given the number of videos/pictures/users of the site, how many people are involved in this? I'm not sure if I want to know the answer. But I keep seeing figures way higher than I'd expect.
For as much shit as people give it, the IRS is one badass agency.
"Through the sophisticated tracing of bitcoin transactions, IRS-CI special agents were able to determine the location of the Darknet server, identify the administrator of the website and ultimately track down the website server’s physical location in South Korea,” said IRS-CI Chief Don Fort.
For as much shit as people give it, the IRS is one badass agency.
As mentioned, the operator was identified and located through tracking Bitcoin transactions. There's some more info about this aspect on the Chainalysis blog: https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/chainalysis-doj-welcome-to-video-shutdown
Those are staggering numbers. Absolutely crazy.
Given the number of videos/pictures/users of the site, how many people are involved in this? I'm not sure if I want to know the answer. But I keep seeing figures way higher than I'd expect.
For as much shit as people give it, the IRS is one badass agency.