TheRealDeal was a
darknet
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website and a part of the
cyber-arms industry reported to be selling code and
zero-day software exploits.
The creators claimed in an interview with
DeepDotWeb that the site was founded in direct response to the number of dark websites which have emerged during the past few years which do not actually have anything of value to sell and are just scams. The site relied on
Tor
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Places
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and
bitcoin
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similar to other
darknet market
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s but required
multi-signature transactions. There was speculation in the
computer security
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community as to whether the site is a law enforcement
sting operation
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due to apparent listing of exploits at many times below their potential market value.
In July 2015 the website was down for 24 hours at the same time as cyber crime forum
Darkode was seized by the FBI and various members arrested in '
Operation Shrouded Horizon'. On 13 August in 2015 the site went offline for unknown reasons. On December 1 it announced its reopening on
DeepDotWeb. The Real Deal was shut down in November 2016.
[http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2017/08/cybercrime-finds-a-way-despite-dark-web-shutdowns]
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See also
* WabiSabiLabi
References
External links
*
Tor onion services
Defunct darknet markets
Cyberwarfare
Cybercrime
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