Private company
Hydra
Defunct dark web marketplace
Hydra (Russian: Гидра) was a Russian language dark web marketplace, founded in 2015, that facilitated trafficking of illegal drugs, financial services including cryptocurrency tumbling for money laundering, exchange services between cryptocurrency and Russian rubles, and the sale of falsified documents and hacking services. Hydra was shut down by American and German law enforcement action in April 2022, and its operator was sentenced to life in prison by a Russian court in December 2024.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Hydra (Russian: Гидра) was a Russian language dark web marketplace, founded in 2015, that facilitated trafficking of illegal drugs, financial services including cryptocurrency tumbling for money laundering, exchange services between cryptocurrency and Russian rubles, and the sale of falsified documents and hacking services. Hydra was shut down by American and German law enforcement action in April 2022, and its operator was sentenced to life in prison by a Russian court in December 2024.2
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- WikipediaHydra Market
- WikidataQ106690059
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- 1WikidataHydra on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaHydra on Wikipedia