INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia has arrested the alleged co-founder of dark web platform Hydra a week after U.S
Meshchansky District Court ruled to detain D
A court spokeswoman identified the suspect as Dmitry Olegovich Pavlov, an exact name match with the U.S
Justice Department indictment, to Russian media.If found guilty, Pavlov faces between 15 and 20 years in prison.He is unlikely to be
credit card data, counterfeit currency and fake identity documents through the Tor encryption network since its founding in 2015.The German
investigations into Hydra started in August 2021.Cybersecurity experts told The Moscow Times that Russia has also been investigating Hydra
They speculated that Hydra could come back online despite the announced shutdown.
