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This Is How Cops Trick Dark-Web Criminals Into Unmasking Themselves

TROJAN HORSE

Dutch cops may have used a booby-trapped file to lure suspected criminals into exposing their IP addresses.

Joseph Cox
Joseph Cox
How cops trick dark web drug dealers into unmasking themselves
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Joseph Cox

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