New hit for DarkWeb and online dealers.
Today's owner Black Market Reloaded, (another underground drugmaker, a Silk Road competitor) announced the closure of the site as security leaks were discovered. The event marks the third closure of a drug sale site in less than a month after Atlantis and Silk Road.
In a message titled "The End of the Road," the owner of the BMR website, known by the nickname "backopy," admitted that another site administrator had stolen the code της ιστοσελίδας και την είχε διαρρεύσει online. Στο σύντομο μήνυμα (φαίνεται παρακάτω) ο backopy αναφέρει ότι η ιστοσελίδα είχε παραβιαστεί από έναν διαχειριστή του Virtual Private Server & Hosting (VPS) κατά τις πρώτες ημέρες της αγοράς του.
"This means that no website can function anymore," reports backopy.
The online drug market "opened" around June 2011, competing with the famous Silk Road. Silk Road was seized by the FBI earlier this month. Although it did not have as many customers as Silk Road, authorities estimate it has made $ 1.200.000.000 in sales since January 2011. The BMR online shelves contained all the drugs as well as several firearms.
Backopy reported that the identity of the site users has not been revealed and that he does not really know how much of the site's code has leaked.
"The code had links to the rest of the infrastructure," Backopy said. "It wouldn't be wise to let the website run."
The code appeared in a German forum by a person with the nickname "dosadmin" who shared it in public, as Forbes reports.
After closing it Atlantis and Silk Road, many sellers and buyers reportedly moved to BMP to continue their activity. In one post, someone who said they werefaceto him Atlantis said the BMR members had almost doubled in the two weeks following the Silk Road closure.
Of course, the reason why this particular website was closed may have nothing to do with the one displayed by its owner. THE attack of the Authorities on Silk Road and its shutdown proved that these are very difficult times for online Escobar.
