Dark web drug haven Empire Market has mysteriously disappeared

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Empire Market, one of the biggest dark web marketplaces, has been offline for three days, Bloomberg reports. It's unclear what has happened to the site's administrators, whose identities remain unknown. According to a cybersecurity expert interviewed by Bloomberg, there are typically two outcomes for marketplaces like Empire Market. Either the admins are arrested, or they steal users' deposits. Empire Market was popular for drug deals. It also offered fake...