The darkweb just got a little less darker: The biggest dark web marketplace in the world, Hydra, has been taken offline.
The dark web just got a little less dark: The biggest dark web marketplace in the world has been taken offline.
When the services being sought involve drugs and money laundering in particular, though, the potential payout can lead to a financial windfall that generates billions of dollars. Case in point: Germany’s cybercrime and criminal police divisions stated that Hydra Market obtained around $1.35 billion in 2020 for its services.
Furthermore, as highlighted by Engadget, if reports are to be believed, Hydra was responsible for about 80 percent of all cryptocurrency transactions performed on the dark web. Ultimately, the darknet marketplace had reportedly secured around $5.2 billion in crypto alone since 2015.
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