The dark web’s most well-known cybercrime forum, Hydra, was shut down in Germany this week. The World’s Marco Werman spoke with Andy Greenberg, a senior writer with Wired magazine and author of upcoming book, “Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency,” about Hydra’s previous capabilities and what might replace it on the dark web in the near future.
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