Dark web marketplace Empire made an abrupt exit after being subject to a heavy DDoS attack campaign and extortion attempts. Empire’s sudden disappearance has shattered the trust of darknet patrons in the so-called “escrow”” systems employed by these marketplaces. Some darknet users discuss collaborating on illegal darknet markets: White House Market and Monopoly
Source: Versus and Torrez. While alternative marketplaces may be immune from extortion threats and DDoS attacks as those that led to Empire’s demise