Was this the same Hansa?

Just found this when searching through this subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/DarkNetMarkets/comments/207mk9/hansamarkets_ip_address/

Could it be that Hansa has been caught because of a simple mistake? Just like Alphabay and the Silk Road where caught because of a human error?


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[5 Points] wombat2combat:

are you sure this is the same market? sure, the same operators could be behind both markets but I have a hard time believing that a market got so popular despite such an obvious flaw at the beginning [mods would have probably not allowed it to get on the superlist].

also here a link to another thread about europol getting help from bitdefender in the hansa bust https://www.reddit.com/r/DarkNetMarkets/comments/6oq9kg/interesting_facts_about_les_operation_bayonet/


[3 Points] Chronicopia420:

The ip traces to Hetzner Online GmbH in Germany where two admins where arrested also I feel I remember seeing that name on something relating to Hansa the other day


[3 Points] shillface:

I remember this.

https://www.deepdotweb.com/2014/03/12/another-market-doxxed-hansamarket/#comment-26422

They closed down and the new Hansa that popped up said they were unrelated. Hansa is the name of a German ship but the logos look to similar IMO. A real life Hansa ship had no sails.

The host is Hetzner which is where the new Hansa was located too so they may actually have been the same.

This may have actually been the blunder that got them :/


[2 Points] throwaway19214568:

Same name - Check Similar ship - Check German Ip - Check

When Hansa v2 launched they claimed it was a different market my guess is both markets were ran by the same people maybe these two are Verto and Kimble.


[1 Points] elfer90:

good q


[1 Points] Ph1lthyD:

This wasn't the same Hansa Market. It gave one before with the same name who exit scammed/got hacked.

Where this really the same Admins on both Hansa Market? I always thought the second hansa was the leo market renamed but that is only speculation from me. Leo didn't stand for law enforcment officers, they meant the Lion aka "da leo" in dutch.


[1 Points] Minuserall:

https://www.reddit.com/r/DarkNetMarkets/comments/3zbetp/slug/cyksabu

They weren't the same market. Whether it was the same people behind it or not is anyone's guess