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Also known as AlphaBay Market

AlphaBay was a darknet market operating at different times between September 2014 and February 2023. At times, it was both an onion service on the Tor network and an I2P node on I2P. After it was shut down in July 2017 following law enforcement action in the United States, Canada, and Thailand as part of Operation Bayonet, it was relaunched in August 2021 by the self-described co-founder and security administrator DeSnake. The alleged original founder, Alexandre Cazes, a Canadian citizen born on 19 October 1991, was found dead in his cell in Thailand several days after his arrest, with police

Key facts

Website.name
AlphaBay
Website.logo
Alphabaylogo.png
Website.screenshot
Alphabaylogin.png
Website.caption
AlphaBay login screen
Website.commercial
Yes
Website.type
Darknet market
Website.registration
Required
Website.language
English
Website.num_users
400,000+
Website.owner
DeSnake
Website.author
DeSnake
Website.launch_date
September 2014
Website.revenue
Over USD$23M (total over operation)
Website.current_status
Offline

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
darknet market
Country
Cambodia
Image
Alphabay-forfeiture-notice-screenshot-2017-05-12.png
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programmed in
C
inception
2013-12-00
language of work or name
English language
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
2017-07-00
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