Dark Net Market Vendors Reveal Their Day-to-Day Lives on Reddit
The subject of Dark Net Markets (DNM) is considered taboo, and people often wonder how these markets operate from the inside. So, on September 16, a person decided to ask on the subreddit r/darknetmarkets what a day in the life of a DNM vendor was like. A few vendors decided to share their personal anecdotes on life as a dark net drug dealer. The Life....
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Dark web marketplace Agora has announced it will shut down temporarily while it explores defense mechanisms against potential attacks. The marketplace attributed its decision to recent research that highlighted vulnerabilities in the Tor protocol that could lead to the identification of its servers and operators. Agora is believed to be the largest dark market website by daily transaction volume, and uses bitcoin to facilitate payment for both legal and illicit items listed by vendors. In its online announcement, Agora's anonymous administrators reported they had moved servers following....
Notorious dark web marketplace Evolution has vanished amid reports that its administrators have absconded with more than $12m in bitcoin. Accessible only via the Tor network, the market had become the go-to online drug bazaar following the shut down of Silk Road and Operation Onymous, a pan-agency crackdown on illicit markets that seized over 400 domains in November. Members of the darkweb community expressed concerns about Evolution's moderators - operating under the handles 'Kimble' and 'Verto' - who were delayed responding to and processing withdrawal requests. Reddit's Evolution....
One of the most well-known dark markets is looking to add support for ethereum in the coming weeks. A moderator for AlphaBay – one of the world's most popular dark markets, according to data from DeepDotWeb – took to Reddit over the weekend to announce that it would integrate ether payments beginning on 1st May. According to a PGP-signed moderator post on the AlphaBayMarket subreddit, recent price increases drove the integration decision. The moderator wrote: "We are currently laying out the framework to make ETH acceptance possible, and we will enable ethereum deposits and....
As part of Operation Hyperion, an operation conducted by law enforcement agencies all over the world, Dutch authorities have taken down a Dark Web marketplace and posted a warning on it. The marketplace’s frontpage lists active and arrested vendors, as well as identified buyers At the top, you can read “You have our attention”. If a username is on the page, it has reportedly been identified by the Dutch police. Next to the list of arrested vendors is a link, that directs users to a page with more information. Moreover, the website includes a FAQ, that clearly includes a few warning shots:....