高三英语培优外刊阅读
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捣毁“九头蛇”:德国警方关停世界最大暗网
近日,德国警方关闭了世界上最大的暗网市场“九头蛇”,并收缴价值2500万
美
元的比特币。2015年以来,“九头蛇”一直通过匿名网络运营,长期进行毒品交易、洗钱、窃取数据等违法活动。暗网为何会成为滋生犯罪的温床?面对复杂性和匿名性极强的暗网,警方又是如何制裁的呢?
Hydra: How German Police Dismantled Russian Darknet Site
By Joe Tidy
"It gave us all goosebumps," says Sebastian Zwiebel, as he describes the moment his team shut down Hydra, the world's largest darknet marketplace.
The website was a bastion of cyber-crime, surviving for more than six years selling drugs and illegal goods.
But, after a tip-off, German police seized the site's servers and confiscated €23m in Bitcoin.
Hydra specialised in same-day 'dead drop' services, where drug dealers hide packages in public places before informing customers of the pick-up location.
Shortly after the German action was announced, the US Treasury issued sanctions against Hydra "in a coordinated international effort to disrupt proliferation of malicious cybercrime services, dangerous drugs, and other illegal offerings available through the Russia-based site."
Mr Zwiebel says the operation to close it down began with a tip-off which pointed to the possibility that the website infrastructure might be hosted in Germany.
"We know they will find another way to do their business. They will probably try to build a new platform, and we will have to keep our eye on it. We don't know the perpetrators, so that's the
The news comes during a turbulent time for darknet markets with the most prominent sites closing down in recent months, either voluntarily or as a result of police activity.
Many of the closures have come from criminals choosing to gradually bring their operations to a close, and disappear with their riches.
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1.dismantle [dɪˈsmæntl] v. _______________________
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2022届高三英语培优外刊阅读学案:暗网话题.docx