[1] Dread is a popular community hub which has been described as a "Reddit-style forum" and the successor of the seized DeepDotWeb for discussion around market law enforcement activity and scams.

[4] In September 2019, HugBunter's dead man's switch was triggered,[5] accompanied by a weeks-long absence, signifying the temporary loss of control over the site.

The site would be reinstated in November,[6] with a revamped user interface, and remains active as of September 2022.

In May 2019 a moderator of Wall Street Market posted its hidden IP address to Dread, potentially leading to its exit scam and seizure shortly after.

[12] Major denial-of-service attacks have been launched against Dread and other markets exploiting a vulnerability in the Tor protocol.