How Bitcoin and Tor fail to obscure your identity
Think you’re a master of Internet stealth? Think again.
On Sep 11, 2013 by Miles Klee
How the Internet powered a DIY drug revolution
From ecstasy busts to underground narcotics cookbooks, this is the untold history of the Internet’s long and intimate relationship with drugs.
On Aug 28, 2013 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
Bitcoin advocates go to Washington
The Bitcoin Foundation has spent the last two days talking to lawmakers about regulating the cryptocurrency. Here’s what they’re discussing.
On Aug 27, 2013 by Joe Kloc
From the street to Silk Road, prescription downers cost the same
A new study found the street value and strength of prescription opioids to be comparable to what’s found in online black markets.
On Aug 23, 2013 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
Silk Road’s mysterious owner, Dread Pirate Roberts, finally speaks
He’s not the first man to use the Dread Pirate Roberts moniker.
On Aug 14, 2013 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
Teens on Tumblr can’t stop bragging about Silk Road drug deals
Meet Alec, a 17-year-old from Michigan. He bought some DMT from Silk Road. Why do I know about it?
A tourist’s guide to Tor, the gateway to the Dark Web
In light of the Freedom Hosting bust, it’s time to survey the landscape of the Dark Web and see what still exists.
On Aug 12, 2013 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
Apparent U.S. crackdown cripples Dark Web’s pedophile communities
The Dark Web’s once-bustling pedophile forums have gone silent, as fear of U.S. law enforcement infiltration grows.
On Aug 7, 2013 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
Deep Web trolls try to frame reporter with heroin package
Brian Krebs reported on the Deep Web, and all he got was this lousy package of heroin
On Jul 30, 2013 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
How big is the Internet’s most notorious black market?
Silk Road vendors have sold an estimated $30-45 million in drugs over the past year.
The blockbuster heist that rocked the Deep Web
Boneless was one of HackBB’s most tireless contributors, a brilliant con with an encyclopedic knowledge of how to commit crimes—and run from the law.
On Jul 29, 2013 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
Atlantis: The online black market for the masses
This underground drug site’s advertising plan is so crazy, it just might work
On Jul 25, 2013 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
Is the Drug Enforcement Agency closing in on Silk Road?
More details have come out about the U.S. government’s first ever seizure of Bitcoin.
On Jul 8, 2013 by Joe Kloc
U.S. government makes its first-ever Bitcoin seizure
The DEA has seized 11 bitcoins from an alleged drug buyer.
On Jun 26, 2013 by Tim Sampson
The Internet’s most infamous black market is being held for ransom
Silk Road, an infamous destination for buying drugs and other illegal items online, has been targeted with repeated DDoS attacks.
On May 3, 2013 by Tim Sampson
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