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Key Findings A dark web marketplace called Threat Market is listing 375 terabytes of alleged Lockheed Martin data for $600 million, with an alternative $374 million price tag The data was allegedly provided by a group claiming to be "APT IRAN" starting March 26, 2026 A separate Iran-linked group called Handala Hack Team claimed around the same time to have accessed personal data of Lockheed Martin engineers and employees No verification of the breach has been confirmed by Loc

Key Findings Russian authorities arrested the alleged administrator of LeakBase, a major cybercrime marketplace operating since 2021 The suspect, a resident of Taganrog, is accused of running a platform with over 147,000 users trading stolen data and credentials LeakBase was dismantled in early March 2024 through "Operation Leak," a coordinated international effort involving 14 countries The forum hosted hundreds of millions of compromised account credentials, financial infor

Key Findings Single operator in China ran 373,000 fraudulent dark web sites offering CSAM and cybercrime services Operation Alice, led by German authorities with support from 23 countries, dismantled the network from March 9-19, 2026 Law enforcement seized 105 servers, identified 440 customers worldwide, and issued international arrest warrant for 35-year-old suspect Operator earned over €345,000 from roughly 10,000 customers through fake "packages" priced between €17 and €21

Key Findings: The U.S. government has seized over $400 million in assets linked to the notorious darknet cryptocurrency mixer Helix. The assets include cryptocurrencies, real estate, and other monetary holdings previously owned by Helix's Ohio-based operator, Larry Dean Harmon. Helix processed an estimated 354,468 bitcoins, worth around $311 million at the time, through over 1.2 million transactions between 2014 and 2017. The service was popular among darknet drug dealers and