Sources claim ‘sympathetic’ Trump is considering pardon for Silk Road founder
According to The Daily Beast, outgoing United States President Donald Trump is considering granting clemency to Ross Ulbricht — the founder and operator of the pioneering darknet market, Silk...
Cryptocurrency miners were ‘distraction technique’ in APT’s espionage campaigns, Microsoft says
Written by Joe Warminsky Dec 1, 2020 |...
DOJ seizes $1 billion in cryptocurrency tied to Silk Road dark web market
Written by Tim Starks Nov 5, 2020 |...
$1B of Bitcoin from Silk Road wallet moves for first time since 2015
An anonymous crypto user has just moved 69,370 Bitcoin from an address associated with the Silk Road darknet market that more recently has become a popular hacking target. According...
Exit scams and regulations disrupt global darknet markets
A report published by blockchain forensics firm CipherTrace has detailed significant disruptions to the clandestine darknet marketplace sector following a spate of exit scams during recent months. Despite opportunities for...
Monero scam was at the center of Trump campaign website defacement
Written by Joe Warminsky Oct 28, 2020 |...
Crooked police chief sentenced to 8 years for dark web shenanigans
Former police chief Yuri Zaitsev was recently sentenced to eight years in prison for acting as a bounty hunter for a dark web marketplace. In December 2018, Zaitsev was working...
US financial watchdog fines early Bitcoin mixer $60M for money laundering
The founder and operator of some of the first "mixing" services in crypto will have to cough up $60 million to United States regulators, even as he faces continued...
Operator of bitcoin ‘mixers’ that served dark web markets faces $60 million FinCEN penalty
Written by Joe Warminsky Oct 20, 2020 |...
Eastern Europe’s sixth-largest crypto service is a darknet market
Blockchain forensics firm Chainalysis has found that darknet markets exert a disproportionate presence in Eastern Europe’s crypto sector.In an excerpt from Chainalysis’ 2020 Geography of Cryptocurrency Report, the firm...
