Russia arrested the co-founder of the dark web platform Hydra a week after U.S. and German authorities said they would investigate the platform, according to reports. A court spokesman told Russian media that the suspect is Dmitry Olegovich Pavlov, an exact match to the name in the U.S. Justice Department's indictment.

Ransomware has become an escalating global security threat, whether to government departments, large and medium-sized enterprises or specific individuals, can cause serious security and economic risks, how to effectively prevent ransomware attacks has become a focal issue in the field of network security.

The German Federal Criminal Police Office said in a statement that the suspects are being investigated for "operating a criminal trading platform on the Internet in a commercial manner," selling drugs and other charges. The statement was titled "Shutting down the illegal dark web marketplace 'Hydra Market'".

The lawmakers argued that these illegal marketplaces on the dark web are hubs and havens for some of society's most dangerous criminals, and that as these criminals become more technologically advanced, there is a need to ensure that law enforcement efforts have more tools to combat them.

Ransomware group LockBit has targeted two medical institutions in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel in a cyber attack and offered to hold them for ransom or publish their stolen data on the dark web. Following the ultimatum, LockBit leaked the data of thousands of Neuchâtel patients on the Dark Web.

On March 18, the Tor Project's official blog published an article, "Tor in the News in 2021", summarizing news coverage of Tor in 2021. "ODN" has reprinted the article below.

To discreetly buy and sell drugs, the 21-year-old computer-savvy man used the dark web. However, once an item is sold online, it still needs to be shipped. It was the coming and going of these packages that gave investigators a clue.

CPR analysts strongly urge anyone wishing to donate to use a trusted source and medium. They call the dark web a potentially dangerous place and will continue to monitor it throughout the ongoing war and report any other wrongdoing.

U.S. Attorney Rollins said, "This verdict sends a clear message to dark web criminals: the federal government is getting into this. We're going to find you, and we're going to hold you accountable. Thanks to the great work of our colleagues in law enforcement, there is one less cybercriminal hiding in the shadows."

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