The popular dark web site Empire Market has been down for at least 48 hours. Some users suspect an exit scam and others blame a prolonged DDoS attack. The site had been on “auto-pilot”” for the past half-year with communication between admins and forum mods becoming increasingly limited. Empire Market forum’s head moderator Se7en has expressed that the admins behind the dark web market were getting exhausted keeping Empire afloat. The head mod said the admins were getting tired of keeping Empire Market running.”
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/cryptocurrency/dark-web-market-empire-down-for-days-from-ddos-attack/