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Friday November 17

Film: CYBERBUNKER: THE CRIMINAL UNDERWORLD

Dutchman Herman-Johan Xennt is compared to a Bond villain in this documentary –story detailing how Xennt bought a vast military bunker in Germany that was built in the 1970s and set up his web-hosting business CyberBunker. Xennt apparently was happy to host everything from pornography to spam, which led to an investigation by German cybercrime officers. It became clear that CyberBunker was hosting Dark Web sites and facilitating all manner of criminal activities, leading to a 100-officer raid in 2019.

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