Dream Market
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| Darknet market | |
| languages | English |
| editorial staff | SpeedStepper |
| Registration | Yes |
| On-line | November / December 2013 (currently offline) |
Dream Market was a darknet market that was founded in 2013 and specialized in the sale of illegal goods. The page could be called up as a hidden service via the Tor network , which enables anonymous access. Among other things, drugs , stolen data and goods, and counterfeit products were sold.
history
After the darknet markets AlphaBay and Hansa were closed in July 2017 in the wake of Operation Bayonet , it was speculated that Dream Market would become the leading darknet market. Many users of AlphaBay and Hansa switched to Dream Market and registered there. Dream Market is also said to be monitored by law enforcement agencies. As of July 2017, Dream Market had 57,000 listings for drugs and 4,000 for opioids .
Security issues
In September 2017, Dream Market users complained on Reddit about a loss of means of payment on their accounts. The Dream Market news site announced that the loss of a hard drive had caused it and that Dream Market would refund the loss.
closure
On March 24, 2019, a banner was added to the Dream Market website announcing its closure on April 30, 2019, with the addition that it will "transfer its services to a partner company", followed by an .onion link. Some users believe this is the owner's response to ongoing DDoS attacks, while others doubt the message's credibility , suggesting a link to law enforcement , scammers, or competing marketplaces.
Web links
- Mario Stäuble, Alexandre Haederli: Intoxication by A Mail. How drug trafficking works on the Darknet. In: Tages-Anzeiger from May 2, 2018.
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Buyers, sellers and cops on the hunt for alphabay's successor." In: CNet. July 21, 2017, accessed September 26, 2017 .
- ^ "After AlphaBay and Hansa, Dream Market reportedly also seized by police". In: TheNextWeb. July 21, 2017, accessed September 26, 2017 .
- ↑ Swati Khandelwal: "Dark Web Users Suspect" Dream Market "Has Also Been Backdoored by Feds". In: The Hacker News. July 21, 2017, accessed September 26, 2017 .
- ^ Francisco Memoria: Dark Web Dream Market Users Claim Missing Funds after Temporary Downtime. In: cryptocoinsnews.com. September 16, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2017 .
- ↑ Olivia von Westernhagen: Strange processes at Dream Market: Darknet marketplace announces closure. In: heise.de . March 29, 2019, accessed April 1, 2019 .
- ↑ Dream Market will Permanently Suspend Operations Next Month . In: DeepDotWeb . March 29, 2019. Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
