One of the world's largest dark web markets for all things cannabis was shut down for good after a major distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack kept the site offline for an extended period.
In an official announcement, Cannazon market operators said that the DDoS attack was not the reason for the shutdown, but offered the opportunity to shut down the website, as has always been the plan.
"No market will be there forever," the ad read. “We are officially retiring. The massive DDoS attack was a great opportunity to reduce the number of orders and we decided to keep the marketplace partially offline afterwards. This is the reason why the market was not accessible and not fully functional in the last few days. In this way, we were able to ensure that the number of orders was minimized and that all paid orders were shipped. "
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The poor performance of the site in its last moments made the community nervous with discussions of the exit scam. Cannazon's operators also addressed this issue in the announcement, saying that all vendors have been (or will be in the next few days) counted.
“All open orders have now been finalized, the disputes have been resolved and they have finally been refunded. All sellers can withdraw their money. If your most recent order is delayed, you can always contact your market supplier about it.
Those who failed to sign all their multi-signature Bitcoin transactions should look for an encrypted message posted on Dread later in the week, the traders said.
Cannabis remains illegal in most parts of the world, and Cannazon's operators have only served non-US customers. Users who wanted to buy cannabis-related products had to first create an account and could pay for the products in Bitcoin or Monero cryptocurrencies.
When a large dark web market closes, new entrants often emerge to replace it. Some malicious actors try to take advantage of this power vacuum by creating fake websites that only steal data and distribute malware.
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