Scattered Spider shifts from data leaks to structured insider-access marketplace.
Maria Garcia
/ Dark Web Investigator - December 18, 2025
Scattered Spider has shifted from chaotic data leaks to a structured insider-access marketplace, recruiting employees inside major tech companies—including Microsoft, Apple, and Salesforce—while selling privileged access to ransomware affiliates.
Police identify suspects using major dark-web child exploitation platform.
Maria Garcia
/ Dark Web Investigator - December 15, 2025
Police in Northern Ireland have identified three men suspected of using Kidflix, a major dark-web child exploitation platform recently dismantled by Europol. Two suspects were arrested, and electronic devices were seized as part of the ongoing investigation.
Hacker claims to have stolen 2.3TB of confidential data from Italian railway provider.
Maria Garcia
/ Dark Web Investigator - December 5, 2025
A hacker claims to have stolen 2.3TB of confidential data from Almaviva, the IT services provider for Italy's national railway operator FS Italiane Group, leaking sensitive documents, contracts, and internal files on the dark web.
International agencies arrest suspects involved in online drug trafficking and weapons sales.
Maria Garcia
/ Dark Web Investigator - December 5, 2025
International law-enforcement agencies have arrested 270 suspects involved in online drug trafficking and illegal weapons sales, seizing over €184 million and two tonnes of narcotics in a sweeping dark web sting known as Operation RapTor.
Repeated calls to post office lead to discovery of dark web drug operation.
Maria Garcia
/ Dark Web Investigator - December 5, 2025
A Florida man was arrested after repeatedly calling the post office about a package that investigators later found was filled with Xanax ordered from the dark web. The search of his home uncovered hundreds of additional pills purchased with cryptocurrency, authorities said.
French childcare payroll service confirms major data breach affecting up to 1.2 million workers.
Maria Garcia
/ Dark Web Investigator - December 17, 2025
The French childcare payroll service Pajemploi has confirmed a major data breach affecting up to 1.2 million home-based childcare workers, after a cyberattack detected in mid-November.