So Long and Farewell: Dream Market Says Goodbye

guest · Mar 26, 2019

So Long and Farewell: Dream Market Says Goodbye
March 26, 2019
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/so-long-farewell-dream-market-says-1/

Cyber-criminals have long relied on the Dark Web’s largest marketplace, Dream Market, to buy and sell illicit goods, but today threat researchers at IntSights and Flashpoint found that the notorious online store is scheduled to shutdown on April 30, 2019.

On March 26, multiple threat actors posted on the DNM Avengers forum after purportedly receiving messages stating that Dream Market would shut down at the end of April, according to Evelyn French, senior analyst, Flashpoint.
Flashpoint is also monitoring similar discussions on numerous other marketplaces and forums, including Empire Market Forum, Wall Street Market Forum, Pirate Ship, and Italian Deep Web.

As the message was released to all market users it seems that the owner or owners of the forum want to cash out in an orderly fashion. Though there has been some speculation that law enforcement is a driving force in the shutdow [...]
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[...] Thedarkoverlord (9/11 papers) [...] His activity drew a lot of fire and attention from law enforcement to these forums, and they suffered repeated attacks by unknown attackers until they were taken down. It could be that the targeting of these forums rang the bell for Dream Market operators to take their gains from six years of operation and close shop,” Ainhoren said.
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guest · Mar 28, 2019

World's biggest dark web drug market claims to be closing but people think it's a trap
March 28, 2019
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-...-drug-dream-market-fbi-honeypot-a8843456.html

Dream Market, which has been the top illicit marketplace since since the shut down of Silk Road in 2013, announced plans to cease operations on 30 April following a barrage of cyber attacks.
The announcement came as the Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed the results of a major dark web investigation, Operation SaboTor.

"Alert: Assume that Dream Market is compromised," dark web monitor DarkDotFail wrote on Twitter. "Today they announced they are shutting down 30 days from now, in April. Law enforcement ran Hansa as a honeypot for 30 days after seizing it. This feels very similar."
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Krusty · Apr 28, 2019

Dark net's biggest drug website Dream Market to close as rumours swirl about what comes next

"It's been dubbed the hydra effect from that sort of mythical monster where you cut one head off and two grow back in its place," said James Martin, dark net researcher and associate professor from Swinburne University in Melbourne.

"After every market takedown there's a little sort of blip in trading activity and then we see much greater levels of dark net trading than there was previously."

But there is an uneasiness brewing among netizens over Dream Market's sudden departure as uncertainty lingers about why it is exiting the market and what will replace it.
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