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recent bookmarks from jmSilk Road Mastermind Ross Ulbricht Convicted of All 7 Charges2015-02-04T21:40:43+00:00
http://www.wired.com/2015/02/silk-road-ross-ulbricht-verdict/?mbid=social_twitter
jmThe case’s decision will no doubt be seen by many as U.S. law enforcement striking a significant blow against the dark web’s burgeoning drug trade. More broadly, the case represents the limits of cryptographic anonymity tools like Tor and bitcoin against the surveillance powers of the U.S. government. In spite of his use of those crypto tools and others, Ulbricht couldn’t prevent the combined efforts of the FBI, DHS, and IRS from linking his pseudonym to his real-world identity.
But Ulbricht will nonetheless be remembered not just for his conviction, but also for ushering in a new age of online black markets. Today’s leading dark web drug sites like Agora and Evolution offer more narcotics listings than the Silk Road ever did, and have outlived law enforcement’s crackdown on their competitors. Tracking down and prosecuting those new sites’ operators, like prosecuting Ulbricht, will likely require the same intense, multi-year investigations by three-letter agencies.
If the feds do find the administrators of the next generation of dark web drug sites, as they found Ulbricht, don’t expect those online drug lords to let their unencrypted laptops be snatched in a public library, or to have kept assiduous journals of their criminal conspiracies. The Dread Pirate Roberts’ successors have no doubt been watching his trial unfold and learning from his mistakes. And the next guilty verdict may not be so easy.
]]>ross-ulbricht silk-road drugs tor dark-web law convictionshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:ad96c14ac2ee/“I have secrets”: Ross Ulbricht’s private journal shows Silk Road’s birth | Ars Technica2015-01-23T21:21:01+00:00
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/01/silk-road-trial-fbi-reveals-whats-on-ross-ulbrichts-computer-in-open-court/
jmdarknet silk-road ross-ulbricht dread-pirate-roberts fbi bitcoinhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:a94f468ad08f/The FBI Finally Says How It ‘Legally’ Pinpointed Silk Road’s Server2014-09-06T22:57:05+00:00
http://www.wired.com/2014/09/the-fbi-finally-says-how-it-legally-pinpointed-silk-roads-server/
jmThe answer, according to a new filing by the case’s prosecution, is far more mundane: The FBI claims to have found the server’s location without the NSA’s help, simply by fiddling with the Silk Road’s login page until it leaked its true location.
]]>fbi nsa silk-road tor opsec dread-pirate-roberts wiredhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:fb3f4f3cffba/How the feds took down the Dread Pirate Roberts | Ars Technica2013-10-03T10:36:16+00:00
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/10/how-the-feds-took-down-the-dread-pirate-roberts/
jmsilk-road drugs crazy ross-william-ulbricht fbi libertarian murder torhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:47f849eb8e98/Silk Road busted2013-10-02T21:16:40+00:00
http://www.reddit.com/r/SilkRoad/comments/1nl7p9/sr_shutdown_fallout_discussion/
jm"During the 60-day period from May 24, 2013 to July 23, 2013, there were approximately 1,217,218 communications sent between Silk Road users through Silk Road's private-message system."
According to the complaint, those are now in the FBI's hands -- likely unencrypted.
]]>crime silk-road drugs busts tor ross-william-ulbricht fbihttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:8774e4f104bb/Mail from the (Velvet) Cybercrime Underground2013-07-30T15:55:24+00:00
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/07/mail-from-the-velvet-cybercrime-underground/
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