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US sanctions Hydra, the largest Russian dark web platform

4/5/2022, 10:56:14 PM


The US has sanctioned Hydra, the world's largest Russian-language dark web platform, and the virtual currency exchange Garantex. (HANDLE)

(ANSA) - WASHINGTON, APRIL 05 - The US has sanctioned Hydra, the largest Russian-language dark web platform in the world, and the virtual exchange currency Garantex.

This was announced by the US State Department, underlining that it is a measure that follows an operation by the German police against the same platform.


    "Today's action - coordinated with our allies and partners - blocks the infrastructure for ransom cyber attacks, as well as the actors and targets of virtual currency abuse to launder payments," the department explained.

(HANDLE).