Hydra Market
Defunct dark web marketplace From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hydra (Russian: Гидра) was a Russian language dark web marketplace, founded in 2015,[1] that facilitated trafficking of illegal drugs, financial services including cryptocurrency tumbling for money laundering, exchange services between cryptocurrency and Russian rubles,[2] and the sale of falsified documents and hacking services.[3] Hydra was shut down by American and German law enforcement action in April 2022,[3] and its operator was sentenced to life in prison by a Russian court in December 2024.[4]
Type of site | Darknet market |
|---|---|
| Available in | Russian |
| Revenue | $5 billion dollars (lifetime) |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Users | 17 million users 19,000 sellers |
| Launched | 2015 |
| Current status | Offline since April 2022 |
Services
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Unique among dark net marketplaces, Hydra provided various criminal financial services.[2]
Closure
On April 5, 2022, American and German federal government law enforcement agencies announced the seizure of the website's Germany-based servers and cryptocurrency assets. Before its closure, it had been the longest-running dark web marketplace.[5][6] The United States Department of Justice has indicted one Russian man for his role in running the servers for the website.[3] In December 2024, a Russian court sentenced Hydra operator Stanislav Moiseyev to life in prison. Fifteen accomplices also received sentences of eight to 23 years.[4]
At the time of server takedown it had 17 million registered customers.[7]
The closure of Hydra started the ongoing Russian darknet market conflict among Russian darknet marketplace operators.
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