The Winners and Losers of the Empire Market Shutdown

September 23, 2020

 

In this infographic, we present how the shutdown of the most-trafficked dark web marketplace occured, the aftermath for the malicious actors and what we should expect next from the underground net threats.

Infographic Empire market Shutdown


The exit scam made by Empire Market’s administrators has turned the Dark Web upside down, letting the vendors and buyers waiting for a transition to other underground marketplaces.

Indeed, malicious actors will not disappear with the Empire Market shutdown, that is why we keep our radars on the dark web economy to prevent its sleeping threats of this new era. 

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