What exactly is the identity of ShinyHunters, whether BreachForums is an FBI honeypot or not, and why BreachForums was suddenly shut down and then suddenly restored remain confusing, all are question marks left for time to answer.

The BreachForums announcement said that BreachForums has reached a new high of 100,000 members, which is a sign that the forum has made more progress, and as a result, its team needs to make improvements to the community as a whole, which will focus on the quality of the data or services posted on the forums and on minimizing the friction of transactions.

However, according to some of the new posts and replies on the Reddit forums, the Dread forums, which are currently under attack, are still unstable, and there is still a high probability that the alternate link will not connect. "ODN" will continue to test and follow up on the Dread forum access issue.

Reddit's Dark Web V3 domain is https://www.reddittorjg6rue252oqsxryoxengawnmo46qy4kyii5wtqnwfj4ooad.onion, please bookmark it.

HugBunter, the administrator of Dread, announced that DDoS attacks have increased and access to the main onion domain could not be restored immediately due to a lack of sufficient resources. People can access Dread through a private mirror link, which is strongly protected and is expected to remain online for the time being.

Only a few days after a dramatic relaunch, Dread, a well-known forum focused on communicating about the dark web market, is once again offline for the same reason: what co-administrator HugBunter calls a "well-funded DDOS attack". The high volume of DDOS attacks, even though the site has been updated and revamped, is still indefensible.

Dread Forum was officially restored on March 6, although it seems to be back to normal, however, not every time can be successfully accessed, now access to its dark website most of the time is still showing the status page.

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Libre Forum, a new forum coded from scratch, claims to want to provide the dark web community with an alternative to freely discussing the ideas of dark web users. They are still in the early stages of building the site, so there is a lot to look forward to. The forum has a nice user interface and full functionality, and access is relatively quick.

Dread admin "Hugbunter" says the Dread forums are hopeful of a return within a week, while the Dread dark web v3 URL is now properly accessible and the page has two announcements revealing the progress of the Dread update and that it will be back at full speed soon.