Australian authorities say they can detect dark net transactions.
We know this because the nation's Border Force (ABF), the black-shirt wearing guardians of Australia's frontiers, says as much in its takedown notice of a "31-year-old man from Port Neill" in the State of South Australia. Said man fell foul of a joint ABF and South Australia Police (SAPOL) operation that "linked him to the importation and distribution of numerous border controlled drugs via the dark net."
"We are well aware of these websites and take any attempts to import illegal border controlled drugs very seriously," said Craig Palmer, the ABF's acting commander for immigration and customs enforcement. "
[...] The ABF hasn't previously publicised arrests made as a result of dark net activities, but early in 2016 advertised for workers with information security skills. Perhaps those hires' feet are well and truly under the desk? ®
(Score: 3, Interesting) by wonkey_monkey on Monday September 26 2016, @03:51PM
I agree, seems the Register are speculating up their bumholes for this one.
Australian border cops say they've cracked 'dark net' drug sales
'We are well aware of these websites' says black-shirted Border Force
Being "well aware" of a website doesn't mean you've infiltrated it.
For all we know, they just ordered something online and this guy was dumb enough to leave his fingerprints on it or they traced it back through the postal service.
systemd is Roko's Basilisk