The German Federal Criminal Police Office reported that it had shut down the «server network in Germany» of the Russian-language darknet site for anonymous drug purchases Hydra.
They also confiscated 543 bitcoins from accounts «linked to the marketplace» . This is more than 23 million euros at the current exchange rate.
Criminal Police added that now, when entering Hydra, a stub «Platform and criminal content confiscated» appears.
Mediazona's correspondent couldn't access it using Tor because «onion site not found». On a third-party forum, Hydra representatives wrote that «there are problems with access now, wait, the technicians are busy.» publish-photo__image» data-type=»photo» data-slate-custom=»{«imgSrc»:»https://s3.zona.media/entry/afd41e546efbf1e16a0b18c17ef2b28b»,»alt»:»» }» alt=»1″ />
According to the German authorities, Hydra was the largest darknet drug market in the world: 17 million buyers and more than 19 thousand sellers are registered there, and in 2020 there will be revenue amounted to 1.23 billion euros.