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Dread Dark Web Forum Hijacked, Operators Claim Control of Domain Keys

Dread, one of the best-known Tor-based discussion forums used by dark web market communities and cybercrime watchers, appears to have been hijacked by unknown operators who claim to control the project’s domain keys.

Hackread.com accessed Dread and captured screenshots showing a new pinned post titled “So, Dread has been hacked! What’s next?” The post was published by an account named “HugBunter,” the same handle used by Dread’s long-time administrator, though the authenticity of the account control could not be independently verified.

The screenshots were taken two days before publication. At that time, the pinned hack notice showed it had been posted 9 days earlier, indicating that the claim had remained visible on Dread for more than a week.

A pop-up message shown on the forum states: “Dread has been hacked.” It claims the new operators have the Dread project, including its domain keys, but says they are not blackmailing anyone...

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