Darknet Market Nucleus Goes Offline with 5,000 Bitcoin
Nucleus, as the underground market is titled, had been in business since 2014, and was a popular choice for buying everything illegal — from drugs to stolen confidential data — on internet. A notorious darknet marketplace has reportedly disappeared with customers’ deposits worth 5,000 Bitcoin. Nucleus, as the underground market is titled, had been in business since 2014, and was a popular choice for buying everything illegal — from drugs to stolen confidential data — on internet. After a successful run, the Onion website went offline last week following a reported rift between the....
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