Type of site | Forum baseddarknet market |
|---|---|
| Available in | Russian English |
| Launched | 2012 |
| Current status | Terminated |
TheRussian Anonymous Marketplace orRAMP was aRussian languageforum with users selling a variety of drugs on theDark Web.
With over 14,000 members, the site usedTor and used someescrow features likeSilk Road-likedarknet markets, but otherwise many deals took place off-site usingoff-the-record messaging.[1] It is the longest lived darknet market, running from September 2012 to July 2017, inspired by the success of the Silk Road.[2]
The administrator who went by thehandle 'Darkside', claimed the site made around $250,000 a year and avoided law enforcement attention due to its predominant Russian user base[2] and its ban on the sale of goods and services such ashacking.[3]
From July 2017, users were unable to login due toDDOS attacks.[4] On September 19, 2017, theRussian Ministry of Internal Affairs confirmed the site had been terminated in July.[5]
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