Co-creator of Empire Market dark web marketplace given 40-year sentence
2026-10-09T02:51:49Z•1abdc05d94fe7742ac1b6f80c3933060ba034d63eb9df001ac0ec3628a0477c2
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What happened
A cybersecurity news digest covering a dark-web marketplace operator’s sentencing and asset forfeiture, a proposed Google acquisition of Spirit Airlines data for AI training, an international takedown targeting infrastructure associated with China-linked Flax Typhoon activity, DOJ charges involving concealed ransomware payments, and an ASOS employee-account compromise involving a rogue push notification and limited personal-data exposure.
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