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07-06-2017, 06:15 AM
A dark web marketplace went down, and oh boy did its customers freak out
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What to do when your favorite source for illicit substances goes offline for less than 24 hours?
Well, if you're a customer of the Dark Web marketplace AlphaBay who happens to have an untold amount of cryptocurrency tied up in the enterprise, the answer is clear: You start freaking the fuck out.*
Oh, and allege that the proprietors of the site have stolen all your Bitcoin for good measure.*
However, thankfully for those trying to buy everything from ***** to Australian Medicare cards (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jul/04/the-medicare-machine-patient-details-of-any-australian-for-sale-on-darknet), the situation may be a lot simpler than what first meets the eye.*
SEE ALSO: The Deep Web: Everything You Need to K**w in 2 Minutes (http://mashable.com/2014/03/17/deep-web/) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/05/alphabay-dark-web-exit-scam/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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What to do when your favorite source for illicit substances goes offline for less than 24 hours?
Well, if you're a customer of the Dark Web marketplace AlphaBay who happens to have an untold amount of cryptocurrency tied up in the enterprise, the answer is clear: You start freaking the fuck out.*
Oh, and allege that the proprietors of the site have stolen all your Bitcoin for good measure.*
However, thankfully for those trying to buy everything from ***** to Australian Medicare cards (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jul/04/the-medicare-machine-patient-details-of-any-australian-for-sale-on-darknet), the situation may be a lot simpler than what first meets the eye.*
SEE ALSO: The Deep Web: Everything You Need to K**w in 2 Minutes (http://mashable.com/2014/03/17/deep-web/) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/05/alphabay-dark-web-exit-scam/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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