Dark internet marketplaces, which are generally defined as the dark web and where crime-related commerce revolves, have been the target of cyber security units for many years. The largest of these hidden platforms, connected by networks like Tor, was crashed this week.
Operation Hydra
Hydra Market, the world’s largest and longest operating dark internet network, was crashed earlier this week thanks to the operations of the US and German federal police. The dark web, which has 17 million users, has around 19 thousand vendors.
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Darknet related cryptocurrency trading 80 percent of it revolves on this platform. Since 2015, $5.2 billion in crypto money has been spent. In addition to the servers, wallets containing $25 million Bitcoin were also seized during the operations.
Russian Dmitry Pavlov, involved in the dark web, is considered a suspect while charged with money laundering and drug dealing. In addition, the Russian Garantex cryptocurrency exchange was blacklisted for being involved in laundering transactions.
Big dark webs such as AlphaBay, Silk Road and Dark Market have been busted before. Unfortunately, as demand is always high, a network that is shut down is quickly replaced by another.
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