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How do we know if Dread is compromised? We cannot yet. Hug has disappeared for weeks in the past. I believe this "deadman's switch" was calibrated to be too sensitive, activating upon Hug being away for three days. Want to use Dread? Always encrypt private messages, obey laws.

Breaking: Dread's admin Hugbunter is alive. He confirmed his identity to me, proved control of his PGP key. Dread remains in maintenance mode. http://dark.fail/dread

This was satisfying. The ONLY valid link for DarkDotFail is our name: http://dark.fail Reset your passwords and enable 2FA immediately if you have ever used anything else. #hacking #friedphish

Dread has been online for over 72 hours thanks to Hugbunter's hard work. Two mirrors are live at https://dark.fail

Dread is somewhat back online at a temporary mirror address issued by HugBunter. Follow /r/DreadAlert for continuing updates. https://www.reddit.com/r/DreadAlert/comments/c6x5lg/temporary_mirror_address_issued/

Empire market is back online after hours of downtime. technical glitch? Not an exit but certainly a scare. dark.fail/empire

Dread is offline due to another DDoS attack. It's really up to the @torproject to fix the issue. Hugbunter will post updates to https://reddit.com/r/DreadAlert

A DDoS attacker continues to ravage the darknet. Empire Market has generated over 50 onion addresses in the past five days, rotating them out as the attacker discovers them. https://dark.fail/empire

Dream Market, the largest drug marketplace on the darknet, is shutting down after a six year run. This was the longest uptime any darknet market in history. Silk Road was online from Feb 2011 to Oct 2013. Dream Market: Apr 2013 to Apr 2019. #darknet

ALERT: Assume that Dream Market is compromised. 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. Follow discussion on Dread dark.fail/dread

Grams, a "Google for drug listings", shuttered months ago. This week Masterlist launched as its replacement. We'll see how long it stays online. https://dark.fail/masterlist

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