Cannazon oneof the largest marketplaces on the Dark Web for purchasing marijuana, shut down last week after a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.
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As the market managers explained in a message, they are officially withdrawing and claiming that their exit is not a fraud towards their suppliers.
The administrators posted the message on November 23, 2021 and Cannazon went offline on November 29, and it appears it will be forever.
The website was hit by a massive DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack at the beginning of the month, which is not unusual on Dark Web markets.
The administrators reduced the number of orders and kept the market partially offline for a while to mitigate the problems, but this has caused unrest in the community, fearing an imminent scam.
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The termination announcement apologizes for the lack of transparency in the way the administrators handled the situation and states the following:
“We are very sorry that we had to keep you in the dark for the last few days. In our opinion, this was the best way to prevent certain vendors from attempting to commit exit fraud, harming you and the community,” the site’s administrators’ shutdown announcement read.
“If a seller failed to receive all the signed Bitcoin transactions, they can obtain them from an encrypted message that will be posted on Dread later this week.“
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With Cannazon shut down, it wouldn't be surprising to see other sites created under the same name under a new Tor. However, they will likely be operated by scammers looking to scam members of the original site.
The appearance of fake clone sites is characteristic when a large and well-known Dark Web platform goes offline.
