Watch: Alleged Hydra Market Admin Getting Busted in Budapest
Posted by: DeepDotWeb
November 11, 2014
According to a report by index.hu citing a statement from the Hungarian police, a 26 year old man who is the alleged operator of Hydra marketplace who got seized during operation Onymous – was arrested by TEK [local Hungarian SWAT], interrogated and later released (The released part is somewhat unclear yet) in Budapest, Hungary.
The police claims, that he was the admin of Hydra marketplace, since march 2014 and that he collected 5% commission from the site sales. This is the video of the bust itself::
Special thanks to Laza Balint, the journalist who wrote the article for index.hu for translating the key points for us & to Reddit user 5730546a for giving us a TL;DR of the article.
@DeepDotWeb he was arrested, Interrogated, after that relased. But he is the suspect.
— Laza (@lazavagyok) November 11, 2014
@DeepDotWeb the police says, he was the admin of hydra, since 2014 march. Yes, The video is about the bust
— Laza (@lazavagyok) November 11, 2014
Hydra Marketplace was one of the 27 onion sites / marketplaces that were taken down and seized during operation Onymous:
- Alpaca
- Black Market
- Blue Sky
- Bungee 54
- CannabisUK
- Cloud Nine
- Dedope
- Fake Real Plastic
- FakeID
- Farmer1
- Fast Cash!
- Flugsvamp
- Golden Nugget
- Hydra
- Pablo Escobar Drugstore
- Pandora
- Pay Pal Center
- Real Cards
- Silk Road 2.0
- Smokeables
- Sol’s Unified USD Counterfeit’s
- Super Note Counter
- Tor Bazaar
- Topix
- The Green Machine
- The Hidden Market
- Zero Squad
During the operation there were:
- 17 arrests
- 13 search warrants issued
- 414 hidden sites seized (27 sites total)
- Hardware and digital media seized
- Bitcoins worth approximately USD 1 000 000 and EUR 180 000 in cash, drugs, gold and silver seized
Countries involved in the operation, codenamed ‘Onymous’, include Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the USA.
Read all our other articles regarding Operation Onymous Here
Updated: 2014-11-11