Russian Anonymous Marketplace
Type of site | Forum based darknet market |
|---|---|
| Available in | Russian |
| Registration | Not available |
| Launched | 2012 |
| Current status | Terminated. |
The Russian Anonymous Marketplace or RAMP was a Russian language forum with users selling a variety of drugs on the Dark Web.
With over 14,000 members, the site uses Tor and uses some escrow features like Silk Road-like darknet markets, but otherwise many deals take place off-site using off-the-record messaging.[1] It is the longest lived darknet market, running from September 2012 to present, inspired by the success of the Silk Road.[2]
The administrator who goes by the handle 'Darkside', claims the site makes around $250,000 a year and avoids law enforcement attention due to its predominant Russian user base[2] and its ban on the sale of goods and services such as child pornography or hacking.[3]
From the July 2017 site were unabled to login due the "DDOS-attacks", current status is terminated.[4]
References
- ↑ Greenberg, Andy (14 November 2014). "How a Russian Dark Web Drug Market Outlived the Silk Road (And Silk Road 2)". Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- 1 2 Greenberg, Andy (4 December 2014). "An Interview With Darkside, Russia's Favorite Dark Web Drug Lord". Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ↑ IHS Jane's Intelligence Review (30 December 2014). "Law enforcement struggles to control darknet". Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ↑ Aliens, C (21 September 2017). "Russian Authorities Busted RAMP, the Oldest Darknet Market". Retrieved 21 September 2017.
