Another dark web marketplace bites the dust --Wall Street Market

Two major dark web marketplaces for buying illegal products shut down in the span of a month.

By Catalin Cimpanu for Zero Day | April 23, 2019 -- 22:56 GMT (15:56 PDT) | Topic: Security

Less than a month after the oldest and biggest dark web marketplace announced plans to shut down, another dark web market has "exit scammed" after the site's admins ran away with over $14.2 million in user funds.

The stolen funds belonged to criminals selling drugs, weapons, and malware, so there won't be many of our readers shedding tears for defrauded "victims."

With the Wall Street Market's exit scam, this also means that the T•chka Market is now the only major player on the once crowded dark web market scene.

WSM ADMINS RUN AWAY WITH VENDORS' MONEY

The Wall Street Market (WSM) exit scam was set into motion last week when the site's admins started moving funds from the market's main Bitcoin wallets to another location.

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