Darkode Underground Hacker Forum Fails Miserably in Terms of Security

[frogboy]

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The current version of Darkode may just be a honeypot

The long-awaited resurrection of the Darkode underground hacking forum seems to have turned into a total fiasco, with the forum lacking proper security measures, and with very few hackers actually registering on the forum itself.
Darkode has been an impenetrable fortress for many years, but security researchers and law enforcement finally found a way in, and took it down at the start of July, after an international raid in over 20 countries that resulted in the arrest of 28 suspects.
Ten days later, the forum's admin, Sp3cial1st, announced Darkcode's rebirth, with an enhanced focus on a slew of security measures. As Damballa, a security company, reports, things didn't turn out as expected.

Full article. Darkode Underground Hacker Forum Fails Miserably in Terms of Security.

 

[DracusNarcrym]

I don't think it's that hard to create strict layers of security to protect websites these days.
Just like it isn't that hard to take over insecure websites.

I think they rushed the whole re-launch thing, more than anything, really.

Better luck next re-launch. LOL

 

[jamescv7]

They should really understand the word 'underground' since you need to meet all of those requirements, take time to make a research and compare other websites that run smoothly and hard to track by just ordinary tools.

 

[DracusNarcrym]

They should really understand the word 'underground' since you need to meet all of those requirements, take time to make a research and compare other websites that run smoothly and hard to track by just ordinary tools.

It seems they were too anxious to get it back online and running that they overlooked many important aspects of their security measures, which resulted in those measures being rather inefficient in practice.