Multiple Vendors Busted in Switzerland

So two big vendors in Switzerland got busted (plus one supplier). Police say they decrypted data on their profile. Also, their profiles have been confiscated and updated with the police logo. Several news sites state that the police hacked into the market and the vendors accounts.

I find it hard to believe that swiss police has the ability to decrypt or hack anything. Maybe they were tipped off by the netherlands and are selling it off as their own?

English Swissinfo.ch / German NZZ.ch

Edit: Link to official press release in German


Comments


[16 Points] DooshNozzzle:

I highly doubt they got hacked in the true sense of the word.

probably just got the passwords from the HANSA honeypot or something.

if the site was hacked and they only got 3 vendors profiles ALL from switzerland, then that was a really fucking bizarre hack.


[6 Points] aMarketSolution:

I find it hard to believe that swiss police has the ability to decrypt or hack anything

The true meaning could have been lost in translation. It doesn't really make sense that he would have anything on his profile that when decrypted would identify him.

Below is the google translation version of the same paragraph. (though, since I don't speak German, I can't tell how accurate this is either.)

The Swiss sold the drugs not in the alley, but through an online shop in the Darknet. The IT investigators of the canton police succeeded in penetrating the hidden network and deciphering crucial data.


[5 Points] organichewn:

Any guess on who the vendor was?

edit : according to this article, it was DerErsteAffe and DrFeelWell. I bought weed from DerErsteAffe over a year ago, time to hit Belize and move to the gym.


[2 Points] Ploedman:

Maybe bad OPSEC?