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A website was found in the Romanian darknet segment whose creators offered services for organizing and carrying out contract killings. As Fox News reports, in fact, they were talking about ordinary scammers, but British journalist Carl Miller, with the help of ethical hacker Chris Monteiro, still contributed to its closure.
This story happened back in 2020. Then Miller came across a resource promoting contract killing services. The highlight was that not a single crime was ever committed, except for the actions of the scammers themselves: they accepted prepayment in cryptocurrency, but did not intend to kill anyone.
The journalist asked Monteiro to investigate the platform, and he actually managed to find a vulnerability in the code and gain access to all the stuffing. Among other things, he got lists of potential victims and information about them, including names, photos, addresses, habits and even standard routes.
The cheapest order on the platform cost 100 pounds sterling. It was placed by a British saleswoman who wanted to get rid of her colleague, who was competing with her for the attention of a man. One of the most expensive was an attempt to eliminate a person, undertaken by a doctor from the USA - he paid more than 50 thousand dollars. On average, the cost of a check for murder varied between 10 thousand and 40 thousand dollars.
In total, Miller and Monteiro took 175 cases to the police, but at first they were not believed. The case only got off the ground after the intervention of agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. With their assistance, 32 people were arrested and later convicted.
This story happened back in 2020. Then Miller came across a resource promoting contract killing services. The highlight was that not a single crime was ever committed, except for the actions of the scammers themselves: they accepted prepayment in cryptocurrency, but did not intend to kill anyone.
The journalist asked Monteiro to investigate the platform, and he actually managed to find a vulnerability in the code and gain access to all the stuffing. Among other things, he got lists of potential victims and information about them, including names, photos, addresses, habits and even standard routes.
The cheapest order on the platform cost 100 pounds sterling. It was placed by a British saleswoman who wanted to get rid of her colleague, who was competing with her for the attention of a man. One of the most expensive was an attempt to eliminate a person, undertaken by a doctor from the USA - he paid more than 50 thousand dollars. On average, the cost of a check for murder varied between 10 thousand and 40 thousand dollars.
In total, Miller and Monteiro took 175 cases to the police, but at first they were not believed. The case only got off the ground after the intervention of agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. With their assistance, 32 people were arrested and later convicted.
