Ross Ulbricht

Ulbricht Admits To Founding Online Drug Site, Says He’s No Drug Dealer

The first day of the trial of Ross Ulbricht, alleged kingpin behind The Silk Road, is over with just one bombshell revelation: Ulbricht is admitting that he founded the website. But he’s denying being the drug-dealing mastermind the feds make him out to be. Ars Technica has the full breakdown of the day’s events. The…

Tech News Chris Mills Jan 13

The Feds Think Hacking Silk Road With No Warrant Was Perfectly Okay

Here’s some not-so-surprising news for you: federal prosecutors apparently think it’s perfectly fine to hack into American citizens’ computerswithout first obtaining a warrant. After all, that’s how they caught Silk Road kingpin Ross Ulbricht. Ulbricht’s trial is only a month away, and the nitty-gritty of exactly how he got brought down are emerging. Both sides…

Privacy & Security Adam Clark Estes Oct 7

I Pity The Fool Who Resurrected Silk Road

If there’s one thing cops don’t like, it’s being disrespected. So when some renegade launches a clone of Silk Road, the underground drug marketplace that Feds recently shut down, they’re just begging to get arrested. They even made the homepage a spoof of an FBI-seized domain. That’s disrespectful! A website identical to the Silk Road…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Nov 6

The FBI Just Scooped up $28.5 Million in Bitcoin from Silk Road

As of Friday afternoon, the FBI had managed to seize 144,000 bitcoins from Silk Road’s founder. Worth some $28.5 million in current exchange rates, that’s the largest ever seizure of the cryptocurrency. But based on the Bitcoin trail uncovered in recent weeks, over $50 million could still be missing. https://gizmodo.com/silk-road-kingpin-apparently-hid-a-stash-of-80-million-1441291682 To be more specific, the…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Oct 25

Bitcoin Seized From Silk Road Is In A Highly Prankable FBI Wallet

Ross Ulbricht’s arrest last week included an FBI seizure of about 26,000 Bitcoins. But you can’t just stick Bitcoins under your mattress. Even if you’re the FBI they have to be in a wallet somewhere. And people know where. Internet denizens found the wallet and have been contributing tiny sums, we’re talking 0.00000001 BTC here,…

Tech News Lily Hay Newman Oct 6

Silk Road Kingpin Apparently Hid a Stash of $80 Million in Bitcoin

Ross Ulbricht, the recently arrested mastermind behind Silk Road, appeared in court today where his lawyer begged for more time before the detention hearing. The judge said he didn’t “know what you’re going to accomplish in the next several days.” Maybe move some of his massive stash of hidden Bitcoin? Forbes’ Kashmir Hill just published…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Oct 4

Actually, the Alleged Silk Road Kingpin Hired a Hitman TWICE

There was already a lot of evidence that alleged Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht (a.k.a. Dread Pirate Roberts) was not the world’s greatest guy, and the condemning information just keeps rolling in. Newly surfaced legal documents say that the 29-year-old ordered not one but two hits on former associates. The new court documents come from…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Oct 3

8 Insane Revelations From the Alleged Silk Road Kingpin’s Indictment

Just a few hours ago, it came to light that the feds had shut down Silk Road, the internet drug bazaar, and indicted Ross Ulbricht (aka Dread Pirate Roberts), its alleged founder. The complaint is full of money, murder, and madness. Here are the most insane bits: Trouble in the Silk Road empire led Ross…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich Oct 2

Feds Seize Silk Road, Everybody’s Favorite Illegal Drug Website

Once upon a time, you could sign on to Silk Road and buy everything from LSD to Moon Rock molly with Bitcoin. That time is now over because the FBI along with a few other federal agencies have seized the domain and shutdown the drug-dealing site. The only question is, what took them so long?…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Oct 2

Ulbricht Admits To Founding Online Drug Site, Says He’s No Drug Dealer

The Feds Think Hacking Silk Road With No Warrant Was Perfectly Okay

I Pity The Fool Who Resurrected Silk Road

The FBI Just Scooped up $28.5 Million in Bitcoin from Silk Road

Bitcoin Seized From Silk Road Is In A Highly Prankable FBI Wallet

Silk Road Kingpin Apparently Hid a Stash of $80 Million in Bitcoin

Actually, the Alleged Silk Road Kingpin Hired a Hitman TWICE

8 Insane Revelations From the Alleged Silk Road Kingpin’s Indictment

Feds Seize Silk Road, Everybody’s Favorite Illegal Drug Website

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