According to a source, the FBI’s completed the process as follows: In its crusade against exposing website owners that peddle child pornographic content, the FBI’s efforts are only now coming to light, with court documents revealing that the agency had to hack over a 1,000 computers in order to reach its goal. However, Playpen server was not shutdown, but seized by the authorities in order to monitor the activities of other visitors, which is a good course of action, because it will lead to the capture of other child pornographic websites that are scattered across the Dark Web. The FBI has not commented on what is going to be aftermath of this hacking campaign, but we know for sure that several websites owners have definitely been put on guard after this incident, and will probably keep their activities limited. Despite the fact that the agency conducted an operation that might have been outside of the legal boundary, hacking one of the largest hidden child pornographic websites on the Dark Web is no small feat at all.
