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ShadowCrew

ShadowCrew was a cybercrime forum that operated under the domain name ShadowCrew.com between August 2002 and November 2004. This screenshot was taken 11/02/2004 at 4:33AM immediately after ShadowCrew forum was infiltrated by the Secret service.

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Article summary

ShadowCrew was a cybercrime forum that operated under the domain name ShadowCrew.com between August 2002 and November 2004. This screenshot was taken 11/02/2004 at 4:33AM immediately after ShadowCrew forum was infiltrated by the Secret service.

Key claims

  1. members: 4,000 members — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the members is "4,000 members". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1376108665

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.