Law enforcement agencies in Germany have targeted Hydra, a leading darknet market, seizing its servers in the country.
Law enforcement agencies in Germany have targeted Hydra, a leading darknet market . As part of an operation conducted with U.S. support, the German police were able to establish control over the servers of the Russian-language platform in the country and take down its website.Hydra Market, one of the largest marketplaces on the, has been shut down by German authorities which seized its server infrastructure.
The German police noted that Hydra had been active since at least 2015 before the seizures which came after extensive investigations by the BKA and ZIT. They started in August last year and were conducted with the participation of several U.S. agencies. The darknet marketplace, which was accessible via the Tor network, was targeting Russian speakers. It had around 17 million customers and over 19,000 registered sellers, the press release detailed. Besides banned substances, these also offered stolen data, forged documents and digital services.
Hydra became a major darknet market after overtaking another Russian platform, DNM Ramp. According to the data compiled by the blockchain forensics company Chainalysis, the region of Eastern EuropeWashington has been alleging Moscow’s involvement with malicious cyber actors like
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