I am an anonymous journalist who researches the "dark web". Why do I bother with anonymity, OPSEC? I want to focus on my work. I don't want to waste time and money on a legal battle. I am operating legally. Anonymity lets me focus as a uniquely free person.

Hugbunter has been offline for over three weeks. According to Dread's co-admin Paris "Hug's deadman is not switched. He is just a useless person who is extremely busy at this time" dark.fail/archives/dread/202…

Jabber spam is becoming a popular way to market dark endeavors. This message advertises an app that helps you build your own ransomware for $800.

Last week I submitted test support tickets on four darknet markets for my research. Here's how long they took to respond: 1 day: White House 2 days: Monopoly, Verses No response: Empire (Autoresponse) It's typical for the largest to be overwhelmed. Will test again.

Bored in lockdown? Darknet drama pairs well with popcorn. Laugh at the crazies on its most interesting forum Dread. Don't commit crimes. dark.fail/dread

Avior Market just began exit scamming, stealing over 30,000 darknet users' funds. Why? The admin claims they "wanted to focus more on family." source: Dread dark.fail/dread

ALERT: Avior market is exit scamming.

Empire Market users are reporting that their support tickets are being responded to again. Did staff take a week-long vacation? Dispute response times still appear to be 6+ weeks.

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Many of my sources are claiming that Empire Market has not responded to support tickets or disputes in over 5 days. Let's find out. I just opened test tickets on several markets, will measure response times and publish.

Nitter allows you browse Twitter without leaking your IP to their company and without needing Javascript. Requests to Twitter's servers are proxied through the instance you are connected to. nitter.dark.fail/about

In a rare collab between darknet admins, Dread, Empire, and WHM have developed a new Tor anti-DDoS approach named "End Game". It's working. They claim it will be released as open source. Don't hold your breath, Dread's code is still unreleased after the same promise 2 years ago.

I don’t know if anyone in the prison is infected, but I feel well. Going a bit stir crazy in this 8x10ft box though.

Hey if you're not already a member of Dread forums on Tor, signup! The /r/opsec forums in particular are pretty good and could use your input (as long as it's good.. heh) dreadditevelidot.onion/d/OpS…

I guess it was inevitable that opportunistic vendors on the darknet markets would jump on Trump's claims of a #COVID19 "cure". Be safe out there #darkweb

Is mail slow due to the coronavirus, or are darknet vendors taking this crisis as an opportunity to scam? A postal employee weighs in on Dread. dark.fail/dread

COVID is affecting darknet market shipments and safety. Follow along on @DarknetLive's coronavirus timeline: darknetlive.com/corona

Introducing our new Nitter instance: nitter.dark.fail/darkdotfail Nitter (github.com/zedeus/nitter) is an alternative Twitter front-end which does not use Javascript, is focused on privacy.

Tor's latest versions include "a fix for TROVE-2020-002, a major denial-of-service vulnerability that affected all released Tor instances since 0.2.1.5-alpha" Is this one of the attack vectors DDoS attackers have been using to keep Tor hidden services offline? We'll see.

A DDoS attack against Verses Market pushed their admin to cut corners, deploying a "middle server" which leaked its IP under certain conditions. source @DarknetLive darknetlive.com/post/versus-…

NCIDE seized a "legal" marijuana dealer in California that sold to customers internationally and in states without legal marijuana. dark.fail/fbi-ncide Source @5auth