Apollon Dark Web Marketplace: Exit Scams and DDoS Campaigns

**Executive summary:** The report describes allegations that the dark web marketplace Apollon began an exit scam in late January 2020 while simultaneously orchestrating or funding repeated DDoS campaigns against multiple rival marketplaces and forums, causing service disruption and financial loss to users; community discussion on forums (Torum, Dread, Reddit) offers three possible motivations (covering an exit scam, credential theft/expanded withdrawals, or silencing disclosure of a server IP vulnerability) but no definitive confirmation.