Germany cracks ‘cyber bunker’ hosting Darknet sites


  • TECH
  • Monday, 30 Sep 2019

Seven suspects were arrested in a series of raids on Sept 26 targeting the operators of the 'Bulletproof Hoster' service located in what was dubbed the 'Cyber Bunker', police and prosecutors said. — Dreamstime/TNS

BERLIN: German police said on Sept 27 they had busted a network hosting so-called Darknet platforms illegally trading drugs, stolen data and child pornography online on servers hidden in a former NATO bunker.

Seven suspects were arrested in a series of raids on Sept 26 targeting the operators of the "Bulletproof Hoster" service located in what was dubbed the "Cyber Bunker", police and prosecutors said.

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