Welcome to Video USES Tor
Welcome to Video operated on the Tor network, which hid the site and its users.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 131 Details
“Welcome to Video was on the darknet using the Tor network”
Website
website:welcome_to_video
Tor-based dark-web market for child sexual abuse materials that accepted Bitcoin or uploads as payment for access.
Tor-based dark-web market for child sexual abuse materials that accepted Bitcoin or uploads as payment for access.
“Welcome to Video was a dark web market, basically, for child sexual abuse videos.”
“the only way to pay is using Bitcoin, or upload some videos yourself”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | USES | Tor | Explicit | 131 |
| outgoing | ASSOCIATED_WITH | Son Jung-woo | Uncertain | 131 |
| incoming | USES | Matthew Falder | Explicit | 131 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | Welcome to Video investigation and takedown | Explicit | 131 |
| incoming | AFFECTS | IP address exposure | Explicit | 131 |
Welcome to Video USES Tor
Welcome to Video operated on the Tor network, which hid the site and its users.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 131 Details
“Welcome to Video was on the darknet using the Tor network”
Matthew Falder USES Welcome to Video
The NCA found that Falder was a customer of Welcome to Video.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Andy Greenberg EP 131 Details
“on his computer they found that he was a customer of Welcome to Video”
Welcome to Video investigation and takedown INVOLVES Welcome to Video
The investigation and takedown concerned the Welcome to Video dark web market.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Andy Greenberg EP 131 Details
“the Welcome to Video investigation”
IP address exposure AFFECTS Welcome to Video
A coding mistake exposed the IP addresses serving Welcome to Video thumbnails, despite the site being hosted through Tor.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 131 Details
“the thumbnail images weren’t hidden. They weren’t on Tor. They were just being served on the plain, old internet”
Welcome to Video ASSOCIATED_WITH Son Jung-woo
Investigators connected enough dots to believe Son Jung-woo was the administrator and owner of Welcome to Video; the relationship is presented as an investigative belief rather than an unconditional fact.
Uncertain Confidence 93% · Jack Rhysider EP 131 Details
“they connected enough dots for them to believe Son Jung-woo was the admin and owner of the dark web site Welcome to Video”