Russian-based, shown as the world’s largest dark site Hydra Marketwas closed with an operation by the German police. The site has been used for the sale of drugs, illegal products and money laundering for more than 2015. In addition, the site contained stolen databases, confidential documents and many more criminal tools. So, what are the details of the operation and the details about the dark site? Let’s take a look at the details of the news together.
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$24.6 million worth of Bitcoin seized!
The Center for Combating Cybercrime and the German Federal Criminal Office said that Hydra was completely shut down and It announced that they seized $24.6 million worth of Bitcoin. In the press releases made on the subject, the team said that during the operation, the content “with goosebumps” specified.
According to the BBC’s report, after taking orders, drug dealers would leave the package in a public area and then tell the customer where it was. So the sales were happening on the same day. In the data related to the Hydra operation, the site’s total 19,000 registered merchant accounts and over 17 million customers information is available.
German law enforcement officials also announced that they had been working for this operation for a long time and finally succeeded. The team also announced that they have not made any arrests for the time being after the operation. Making a statement after Germany’s operation, the USA announced that it would impose sanctions against Hydra. is currently on the site “The platform and its criminal content were confiscated” contains the text.
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