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[–]darknetsolutions 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Its so gay.

What is this High School 2002?

[–]shitstormy 5 points6 points  (2 children)

fuck flo, use TMP and you wont have this shit happen

[–]deepdot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree, if i was using these sites i wouldn't even go near any site that uses centralized escrow at this point

[–]Gabralkhan 1 point2 points  (16 children)

I'm really sorry for you loss of Bitcoins.

I haven't look to much at FloMarket when it was up but yes it seems that's another possible scam to add to the list.

However the alleged "hack" is also possible. The security of DarkMarkets related to hacks is definitely a question on the table at the moment.

It seems that a lot of people who launch these DarkMarkets are underestimating the threat of hacking and the importance of penetration testing before they activate the sites...

The best strategy i have seen for the moment, which is probably also used by other DarkMarkets, is the stratey of Blue Sky Market which seems to manually review all withdrawals.

A good provisional solution to avoid hacks but for sure not a long term solution.

Also this alleged "hack" remind me a lot of the stories of SM, BMR, or TM...I don't know for FloMarket but it really look like the same kind of hack (if they are really hacks)...

[–]deepdot 1 point2 points  (3 children)

according to some vendors we contacted, that was the case.

even worse, the admin claimed a few times "damn we got hacked again..."

[–]deepdot 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Not in our conversation with the admin (didnt really had conversation with them - just asked them to comment on the reports) but in our conversation with vendors they said that the admin reported about being hacked more than once.

[–]sharpshooter789 1 point2 points  (10 children)

I think you are correct about the hacking going on. There's nothing conclusive, but it seems like some hackers are going around and robbing sites.

My theory about sheep is that it was hacked and coins were stolen so the operator disabled withdrawals so that he could walk away with something. As for the other markets I think they were just hacked and decided to shut down.

You are right about the security though. All these new sites popping up so quickly suggests many of these admins don't understand the importance of security. All legit companies on the internet spend lots of money on securing their site. Ensuring security is both expensive and time consuming.

At the moment I believe the most secure site is SR2. If you follow their forums you'll see they had bounties for penetration testers and developers. This suggests SR 2 is taking security seriously. Moreover, they have the highest commission (8%), which would help pay for good devs and security audits.

[–]doublemintt -3 points-2 points  (8 children)

Super secure b/c its ran by the LE. No need to hide :)

[–]Gabralkhan 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Damn i haven't seen your articles before you linked them here.

Great work as usual!!!

I really hope you manage to get some rewards or money out of your site http://www.deepdotweb.com/ because it is really a lot of work that helps the community that you publish here.

Bravo!!!

Oh and Btw don't you have a Bitcoin donation address on you site? It could be usefull to be able to get simple rewards form the community for you work...

[–]deepdot 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Haha, money is not our strongest side, nor our intention - for this project at least, see this (we posted this as introduction on SR originally): http://www.deepdotweb.com/about-deepdotweb/

Btw we love the news you bring, give us a ping if you want to do some reporting work for us :)

[–]Gabralkhan 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I am really honoured of your comment.

Something like that coming from someone who do so much great work about the DarkMarkets subject really matters to me.

About you proposition i don't know if i have the required skills to publish on your site, my english is kind of twisted as you have already seen...:) But i would be definitely glad to participate and to help in investigations or to publish some articles.

I will try to contact you directly about that on your mail.

Anyway keep up the good work, i know probably not a lot of people say that to you but your great work is really usefull to the community around DarkMarkets.

[–]deepdot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ahh don't think too highly of us, its very easy to do what we do. Send me a mail trough the contact on the site i will explain better :)

Also, we are not native English as well, so its no problem. Anyway send me a mail its not for this thread...

[–]doublemintt 0 points1 point  (2 children)

No need to tell me. I never even made an account lol.

Stupid people, lose there money. Fool me once, its on me, fool me twice, maybe still me. three times, fuck yourself its not me :)

[–]deepdot 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Haha , we just wonder how many time more we are going to have to use this picture: http://www.deepdotweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/gone.jpg

Sadly, i have the feeling were going to have to keep it around.

[–]doublemintt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lmao yeah that should be the meme of the year

[–]twigburst 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Maybe this will force everyone to figure out i2p, multisigs, and TMP. If people want to stop getting scammed they need to invest time and effort instead of sinking more money into the next scam site. We will be making the same posts in the next marketplace that turns scammer. My guess is we will be talking about pandora in the next few weeks.

[–]fibbleblock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

..or Silk Road 2 or Blue Sky - pretty much the entirety of the /r/darknetmarkets sidebar - you put a lot of trust in people who clearly have demonstrated no management skills and no coding ability. Bit risky if you're a vendor with lots of cash on the line.

Anyone who's on the fence - I recommend taking poke at TMP (/r/themarketplace) - especially vendors.

Tambourine banging ends ;)

[–]fibbleblock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use 'The Marketplace' exclusively. Force your customers onto it - it's pretty shiny and hasn't got Eastern European scam written all over it.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please check out The Marketplace, no centralized escrow. Just in need of more vendors!!!!

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